The GitHub CLI, commonly known as gh, is a powerful command-line tool that allows developers to interact with GitHub directly from their terminal. This tool streamlines common workflows, enabling you to manage repositories, issues, pull requests, and more without leaving your command line. Below are some essential gh commands for efficient GitHub management.

View Repository README

Easily access and view the README file of a repository directly from your terminal.

gh repo view

Manage GitHub Issues

List all issues in a repository or view specific issues. You can also create new issues interactively.

# View issue list:
gh issue list

# View specific issue (e.g., the first being #1):
gh issue view 1

# Create issue (start an interactive CLI):
gh issue create

Create and Manage Pull Requests

Streamline your code review process by creating pull requests from your feature branches using an interactive CLI.

# Create pull request from a feature branch (start an interactive CLI):
gh pr create

Create Gists

Quickly create public gists with descriptions and open them in your web browser.

# Create a public gist and open web browser to it:
gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python" -w -p

Custom Labels

Enhance your issue and pull request organization by creating custom labels.

# Create a custom label for issues and prs
gh label create do-not-merge

External Resources

• GitHub CLI Official Documentation
• GitHub REST API Documentation
• Git Documentation