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brew install gh

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gh issue list

Showing 4 of 4 issues in cli/cli

#16 Improving interactions with protected branches
#14 PR commands on a detached head
#13 Support for GitHub Enterprise (enhancement)
#8 Add an easier upgrade command (bug)
gh pr status

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#100 Fix footer on homepage [fix-homepage-footer]
✓ Checks passing - Review pending
gh pr checkout 12
remote: Enumerating objects: 66, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (66/66), done.
remote: Total 83 (delta 66), reused 66 (delta 66), pack-reused 17
Unpacking objects: 100% (83/83), done.
From https://github.com/owner/repo
* [new ref] refs/pull/8896/head -> patch-2
M README.md
Switched to branch 'patch-2'
gh pr create

Creating pull request for feature-branch into main in ampinsk/test

? Title My new pull request
? Body [(e) to launch vim, enter to skip]
? What's next? Submit
https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/1
gh pr checks
All checks were successful
1 failing, 3 successful, and 1 pending checks

- CodeQL 3m43s https://github.com/cli/cli/runs/123
build (macos-latest) 4m18s https://github.com/cli/cli/runs/123
build (ubuntu-latest) 1m23s https://github.com/cli/cli/runs/123
build (windows-latest) 4m43s https://github.com/cli/cli/runs/123
× lint 47s https://github.com/cli/cli/runs/123
gh release create 1.0
? Title GitHub CLI 1.0
? Release notes Write my own
? Is this a prerelease? No
? Submit? Publish release
https://github.com/octocat/.github/releases/tag/1.0
gh repo view
cli/cli
GitHub’s official command line tool

GitHub CLI

gh is GitHub on the command line. It brings pull requests, issues, and other GitHub concepts to the terminal next to where you are already working with git and your code.

Image: screenshot of gh pr status → https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/98482/84171218-327e7a80-aa40-11ea-8cd1-5177fc2d0e72.png

View this repository on GitHub: https://github.com/cli/cli
gh alias set bugs 'issue list --label="bugs"'
- Adding alias for bugs: issue list --label="bugs"
Added alias.

$ gh bugs

Showing 2 of 7 issues in cli/cli that match your search

#19 Pagination request returns empty JSON (bug)
#21 Error raised when passing valid parameters (bug)

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