gh extension install

gh extension install <repository> [flags]

Install a GitHub repository locally as a GitHub CLI extension.

The repository argument can be specified in "owner/repo" format as well as a full URL. The URL format is useful when the repository is not hosted on github.com.

To install an extension in development from the current directory, use "." as the value of the repository argument.

See the list of available extensions at https://github.com/topics/gh-extension.

Options

--force
force upgrade extension, or ignore if latest already installed
--pin <string>
pin extension to a release tag or commit ref

Examples

$ gh extension install owner/gh-extension
$ gh extension install https://git.example.com/owner/gh-extension
$ gh extension install .

See also