GH-LABEL-EDIT(1)

💅 gh-label-edit(1) — the GitHub CLI manual, bestie edition

ok so real talk, this is gh-label-edit(1) from the GitHub CLI manual, and it's literally the glow-up page for your repo labels. let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

gh-label-edit — edit a label 🏷️

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

gh label edit <name> [flags]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. <name> is the label you're about to make over 💖

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Update a label on GitHub. no cap, that's the entire job description 🔥

A label can be renamed using the --name flag. yes bestie, you can fully rebrand 🎀

The label color needs to be 6 character hex value. six characters, hex, that's the rule — don't come at it with red or a three-digit shortcut, it's giving rules-are-rules 💀

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -c, --color <string> — Color of the label 🌈
• -d, --description <string> — Description of the label 📝
• -n, --name <string> — New name of the label ✨ (this is the rename one, icon behavior)

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🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

• -R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> — Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format 🫶 (yes, the [HOST/] part is optional, it's flexible like that)

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💀 EXIT CODES 💀

• 0: Successful execution 🌟 (slay)
• 1: Error 😭
• 2: Command canceled 🙈
• 4: Authentication required 🔐 (go log in bestie)

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

ok these are the actual moves, copy them exactly, no edits:

# Update the color of the bug label
$ gh label edit bug --color FF0000

# Rename and edit the description of the bug label
$ gh label edit bug --name big-bug --description "Bigger than normal bug"

the first one is a color-only glow-up 💅 the second one renames bug to big-bug and rewrites the description in the same breath — main character energy fr fr 🔥

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• gh-label(1) — the whole label fam, go say hi 🫶

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and that's the page!! 💖 brought to you by GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026, and this lil manpage right here is GH-LABEL-EDIT(1) — mwah, go edit some labels bestie 🎀✨