GH-ISSUE(1)

✨ GH-ISSUE 💅

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for gh-issue from the GitHub CLI manual — like, the whole issue-handling era of your terminal life. stay with me, it's gonna slay 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gh-issue — manage issues 🗂️

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gh issue <command> [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Work with GitHub issues. that's it. that's the vibe. literally all of it 💖

👑 GENERAL COMMANDS 👑

These are the main-character commands, the ones you'll reach for on the daily:

• gh-issue-create(1) — create a brand new issue ✨
• gh-issue-list(1) — list the issues chilling in a repository 🧾
• gh-issue-status(1) — show the status of the relevant issues, iykyk 👀

🎯 TARGETED COMMANDS 🎯

These are the "I know exactly which issue I'm messing with" commands:

• gh-issue-close(1) — close an issue, bye bestie 👋
• gh-issue-comment(1) — drop a comment on an issue 💬
• gh-issue-delete(1) — delete an issue 💀
• gh-issue-develop(1) — manage the linked branches for an issue 🌿
• gh-issue-edit(1) — edit issues ✏️
• gh-issue-lock(1) — lock an issue conversation 🔒
• gh-issue-pin(1) — pin an issue 📌
• gh-issue-reopen(1) — reopen an issue (we're so back) 🔥
• gh-issue-transfer(1) — transfer an issue to another repository 🚚
• gh-issue-unlock(1) — unlock an issue conversation 🔓
• gh-issue-unpin(1) — unpin an issue 📍
• gh-issue-view(1) — view an issue 👁️

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> — pick a different repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format. the [HOST/] part is optional, bestie, don't panic 🫶

🌈 EXIT CODES 🌈

vibe check on how it went:

• 0 — successful execution, we ate 💅
• 1 — error 😭
• 2 — command canceled 🙈
• 4 — authentication required 🔐

NOTE: specific commands may have additional exit codes, so fr fr go check that command's help for the full tea. ⭐

⭐ EXAMPLE ⭐

$ gh issue list
$ gh issue create --label bug
$ gh issue view 123 --web

look at her go, iconic behavior honestly 🧚

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• gh(1)

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🌸 okay that's the whole page, no cap. this was GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026 — mwah, go manage some issues bestie 💖🎀