NAME
gh-alias-set - Create a shortcut for a gh command
SYNOPSIS
gh alias set <alias> <expansion> [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Define a word that will expand to a full gh command when invoked.
The expansion may specify additional arguments and flags. If the expansion includes positional placeholders such as $1, extra arguments that follow the alias will be inserted appropriately. Otherwise, extra arguments will be appended to the expanded command.
Use - as expansion argument to read the expansion string from standard input. This is useful to avoid quoting issues when defining expansions.
If the expansion starts with ! or if --shell was given, the expansion is a shell expression that will be evaluated through the sh interpreter when the alias is invoked. This allows for chaining multiple commands via piping and redirection.
OPTIONS
--clobber
Overwrite existing aliases of the same name
-s, --shell
Declare an alias to be passed through a shell interpreter
EXAMPLE
# note: Command
Prompt on Windows requires using double quotes for arguments
$ gh alias set pv ’pr view’
$ gh pv -w 123 #=> gh pr view -w 123
$ gh alias set
bugs ’issue list --label=bugs’
$ gh bugs
$ gh alias set
homework ’issue list --assignee @me’
$ gh homework
$ gh alias set
’issue mine’ ’issue list --mention
@me’
$ gh issue mine
$ gh alias set
epicsBy ’issue list --author="$1"
--label="epic"’
$ gh epicsBy vilmibm #=> gh issue list
--author="vilmibm" --label="epic"
$ gh alias set
--shell igrep ’gh issue list --label="$1" |
grep "$2"’
$ gh igrep epic foo #=> gh issue list
--label="epic" | grep "foo"