gh issue edit
gh issue edit {<numbers> | <urls>} [flags]
Edit one or more issues within the same repository.
Editing issues' projects requires authorization with the project scope.
To authorize, run gh auth refresh -s project.
The --add-assignee and --remove-assignee flags both support
the following special values:
@me: assign or unassign yourself@copilot: assign or unassign Copilot (not supported on GitHub Enterprise Server)
Options
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--add-assignee <login> - Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot.
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--add-label <name> - Add labels by name
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--add-project <title> - Add the issue to projects by title
-b,--body <string>- Set the new body.
-F,--body-file <file>- Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input)
-m,--milestone <name>- Edit the milestone the issue belongs to by name
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--remove-assignee <login> - Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign yourself, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot.
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--remove-label <name> - Remove labels by name
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--remove-milestone - Remove the milestone association from the issue
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--remove-project <title> - Remove the issue from projects by title
-t,--title <string>- Set the new title.
Options inherited from parent commands
-R,--repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>- Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format
Examples
$ gh issue edit 23 --title "I found a bug" --body "Nothing works"
$ gh issue edit 23 --add-label "bug,help wanted" --remove-label "core"
$ gh issue edit 23 --add-assignee "@me" --remove-assignee monalisa,hubot
$ gh issue edit 23 --add-assignee "@copilot"
$ gh issue edit 23 --add-project "Roadmap" --remove-project v1,v2
$ gh issue edit 23 --milestone "Version 1"
$ gh issue edit 23 --remove-milestone
$ gh issue edit 23 --body-file body.txt
$ gh issue edit 23 34 --add-label "help wanted"