GH-REPO-UNARCHIVE(1)

💖 gh-repo-unarchive — bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is the gh repo unarchive page from the GitHub CLI manual, and honestly? It's a little one. A tiny icon. But she does exactly one thing and she does it flawlessly. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

gh-repo-unarchive — unarchive a repository 💅

like, un-archive. the opposite of archive. she's bringing your repo back from the shadow realm, no cap. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gh repo unarchive [<repository>] [flags]

so it's the command, then optionally a <repository> in square brackets (meaning it's optional, bestie, not that you type the brackets 😭), then your [flags]. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. ⭐

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

Unarchive a GitHub repository.

that's the mission. that's the whole plot. your repo was archived, you want it un-archived, and this is the girl for the job. 👑

With no argument, unarchives the current repository.

this is the good part — if you just run it with nothing else, she looks around, goes "oh, we're in a repo already?", and unarchives that one. main character energy fr fr. no need to spell out the name if you're already standing in it. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -y, --yes — Skip the confirmation prompt. so instead of her going "are you SURE bestie?? 🥺" and making you type yes, you just say -y and she goes. iconic. lowkey dangerous if you're the type to mash keys, but slay. 🔥

🧚 EXIT CODES 🧚

the way she tells you exactly how it went, we love an honest queen:

• 0 — Successful execution 🌈 (ate, no crumbs)
• 1 — Error 💀 (something went sideways)
• 2 — Command canceled 🙈 (you backed out, it happens)
• 4 — Authentication required 🔐 (she doesn't know you like that yet — go log in)

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information. 👀 like, these are the general ones, but if you need the full tea on a particular command, check its help. iykyk.

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• gh-repo(1) — the whole repo command family, if you wanna hang out with the rest of the girls 🫶

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mwah 💜 that's the page!! brought to you by GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026, and she is literally perfect, don't @ me. 🎀✨