glab(1)

💅 NAME — glab-repo-update from the glab(1) manual 💅

It’s giving update an existing GitLab project or repository. You are literally in the right place, bestie 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glab repo update [path] [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Change project settings like the description or default branch, or archive and unarchive the project with --archive. Lowkey iconic repo-maintenance energy 🎀

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• --archive[=false] — whether the project should be archived. The archive/unarchive switch, periodt 💅
• --defaultBranch="" — new default branch for the project. Yep, the empty "" is right there in the option ✨
• -d, --description="" — new description for the project.

🧚 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧚

• -h, --help[=false] — show help for this command.

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

# Update the description for my-project.
glab repo update my-project --description "This project is cool."

# Update the default branch for my-project.
glab repo update my-project --defaultBranch main

# Archive my-project.
glab repo update my-project --archive
glab repo update my-project --archive=true

# Unarchive my-project.
glab repo update my-project --archive=false

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• glab-repo(1)

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