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Getting Started with GitHub CLI

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Original post on my blog as part of my #2Articles1Week.

GitHub CLI is a wonderful new tool released by GitHub in an effort to bring GitHub to the terminal. In this tutorial, I will be showing you how to setup, install and use some basic features of GitHub CLI.

Installation

Because of the amount of install methods, I've taken the liberty of creating a separate article dedicated to installation methods.

Authentication

When you first try to run gh, it will ask you to authenticate with your GitHub account.

gh auth login
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Select if you are authenticating with a GitHub Enterprise Server, or GitHub.com. In this tutorial, I will be authenticating with GitHub.com.

? What account do you want to log into?  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> GitHub.com
  GitHub Enterprise Server
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Next, select if you wish to authenticate with a web browser, or with an authentication token. To keep it simple, I'll authenticate with a web browser.

? How would you like to authenticate?  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> Login with a web browser
  Paste an authentication token
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Make sure to copy your one-time code before pressing "Enter" to open the authentication window.

! First copy your one-time code: <your code will be here>
- Press Enter to open github.com in your browser...
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After entering your activation code, you will be brought to the OAuth page.

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After authorizing, and confirming your password, you will be brought to this page.

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Congratulations! You are now authenticated! Returning to the terminal, you will be greeted with this message.

✓ Authentication complete. Press Enter to continue...
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One last thing!

? Choose default git protocol  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> HTTPS
  SSH
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I'd recommend using HTTPS, since it's the most widely used protocol, so I'll be choosing it.

✓ Configured git protocol
✓ Logged in as onyxcode
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Congrats! You're done setting up GitHub CLI!

Usage Examples

Full documentation at cli.github.com/manual.

  • Create a public gist 
gh gist create --public hello.py
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  • Clone a repository 
gh repo clone onyxcode/hazy
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  • List issues for a repository 
gh issue list -R Rapptz/discord.py
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  • Download latest release 
gh release download -R microsoft/winget-cli
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In closing

I hope you found this article helpful! If you did, share and like!

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