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🖥️ GitHub CLI

GitHub CLI is a command-line tool for interacting with GitHub without leaving the terminal.

📦 Installation

macOS (Homebrew)

brew install gh

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

type -p curl >/dev/null || sudo apt install curl

curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg |
  sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg

sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" |
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh

✅ Authentication

gh auth login

Runs an interactive setup to log into your GitHub account using HTTPS or SSH.

🔄 Common Commands

gh repo clone user/repo   # Clone a repo
gh issue list             # List issues
gh pr list                # List pull requests
gh pr create              # Create a new pull request
gh pr checkout 123        # Checkout PR by number
gh auth status            # Check login status

🌐 GitHub CLI & .gitignore

If you're using gh to manage repos, don't forget to configure .gitignore properly.

echo "node_modules" >> .gitignore
echo ".env" >> .gitignore

git add .gitignore
git commit -am ".gitignore added"
git push

💡 Bonus: Fork & Pull Request

  • Use gh repo fork to fork a repository.
  • Use gh pr create to open a pull request from your fork.

🧠 Use gh help to see all available commands.