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Maria Nanfuka
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Using GitHub CLI v1.0

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Github CLI v1.0 has been released and is available for download on Linux, MacOS, Windows machines

With Github CLI v1.0, you are able to:

  • run entire github workflow from the terminal
  • set a custom alias for any command
  • connect to github enterprise server 2.20+

Installation/Setup

MacoS 
brew install gh
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Linux 
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key C99B11DEB97541F0
sudo apt-add-repository https://cli.github.com/packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh
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Windows
  • via scoop 
scoop bucket add github-gh https://github.com/cli/scoop-gh.git
scoop install gh
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  • via chocolatey 
choco install gh
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Managing Github repository using github cli

  • Initialize private repository 
gh repo create <name>
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  • Initialize a public repository 
gh repo create <name> --public
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  • Clone remote repository 
gh repo clone <repository-url>
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  • Fork repository 
gh repo fork
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Managing Pull requests using github cli

  • Create pull request 
gh pr create
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  • Checkout pull request 
gh pr checkout {<pull request number> | <url> | <branch>} [flags]
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  • View the Diff 
gh pr diff
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  • Check all tests are passing 
gh pr checks
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  • Merge pull request 
gh pr merge
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Manage Aliases with github cli

  • Create aliases 
gh alias set
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  • Share your aliases with a gist 
gh alias list | gh gist create
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Manage Issues with github cli

  • Create a new issue 
gh issue create
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  • List issue 
gh issue list
gh issue list --state closed
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  • View status of issue 
gh issue status
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