glab(1)

🌸 glab(1) — the check-update era 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to glab — yes, that glab, the GitLab CLI of your dreams — and this page is specifically about glab check-update. it's a whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

glab-check-update — check for the latest glab version. that's it. that's the whole job. and she does it flawlessly 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

glab check-update [flags]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the tea: this command checks for the latest version of glab available on GitLab.com. iconic behavior, honestly.

When you run this command explicitly — like, you typed it out yourself, main character energy — glab always checks for updates, even if the previous check was less than 24 hours ago. no gatekeeping, no "come back tomorrow", she just goes 🔥

When glab runs this check automatically after other commands, it's a little more chill about it — it checks for updates at most once every 24 hours. lowkey respectful of your bandwidth, ngl.

When you run this command, glab also reports updates for the GitLab Duo CLI and GitLab Orbit CLI binaries, if they are installed. cute bonus content, fr fr ✨

Wanna turn off the automatic update check? run this:

glab config set check_update false

And to turn it back on (slay, welcome back):

glab config set check_update true

💀 real talk: those are the automatic checks we're toggling. running glab check-update yourself still does its thing.

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🎀 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🎀

she didn't invent these, she inherited them, and honestly? nepo baby done right 👑

• -h, --help[=false] — show help for this command. the =false is the default, so it's off unless you ask. simple as 🍓

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

# Check for the latest glab version
glab check-update

# Check for the latest glab version using the alias
glab update

yes bestie, there's an alias — glab update — same energy, fewer keystrokes. iykyk 😌

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• glab(1) — the main character herself. go read her page next 💜

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auto generated by spf13/cobra 🧚 Nov 2026 — and that's the sign-off, bestie! page filed under glab(1), version vibes from November 2026, courtesy of spf13/cobra doing her little autogen thing 🌸 mwah, go check those updates 💅