glab(1)

🦋 glab(1) — the glab manual, bestie 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

glab-variable-set — create a new variable for a project or group. that’s the whole mission, and it’s literally that simple: new variable, project or group, slay. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

glab variable set   [flags]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so you can pass the variable value from standard input — yes, stdin is your bestie, no cap. use --group to set a variable for a group instead of the current project. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d, --description="" — set the description of a variable. cute little label energy. ✨
• -g, --group="" — set the variable for a group. group chat, but make it variables. 💅
• --hidden[=false] — whether the variable is hidden. sneaky little icon. 🙈
• -m, --masked[=false] — whether the variable is masked. keep it lowkey. 🫣
• -p, --protected[=false] — whether the variable is protected. main character boundary setting. 👑
• -r, --raw[=false] — whether the variable is treated as a raw string. no extra processing vibes. 🧚
• -s, --scope="" — the environment_scope of the variable. Values: all (), or specific environments. pick your lane. 🌈
• -t, --type="env_var" — the type of a variable: env_var, file. that’s the menu, bestie. 🍓
• -v, --value="" — the value of a variable. the actual contents, the moment, the lore. 💖

🧬 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🧬

• -h, --help[=false] — show help for this command. when you need the manual to manual. 😭
• -R, --repo="" — select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted. flexible icon. 🔥

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

these are the exact moves, bestie — copy them character for character if you need to. ✨

glab variable set WITH_ARG "some value"
glab variable set WITH_DESC "some value" --description "some description"
glab variable set FROM_FLAG -v "some value"
glab variable set FROM_ENV_WITH_ARG "${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable set FROM_ENV_WITH_FLAG -v"${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable set FROM_FILE < secret.txt
cat file.txt | glab variable set SERVER_TOKEN
cat token.txt | glab variable set GROUP_TOKEN -g mygroup --scope=prod

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

glab-variable(1) — go read that one too, bestie. 🌸

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