gh-auth-setup-git(1)

GH-AUTH-SETUP-GIT(1)

GitHub CLI manual

GH-AUTH-SETUP-GIT(1)

NAME

gh-auth-setup-git - Setup git with GitHub CLI

SYNOPSIS

gh auth setup-git [flags]

DESCRIPTION

This command configures git to use GitHub CLI as a credential helper. For more information on git credential helpers please reference:

⟨https://git-scm.com/docs/gitcredentials⟩.

By default, GitHub CLI will be set as the credential helper for all authenticated hosts. If there is no authenticated hosts the command fails with an error.

Alternatively, use the --hostname flag to specify a single host to be configured. If the host is not authenticated with, the command fails with an error.

OPTIONS

-f, --force <--hostname>

Force setup even if the host is not known. Must be used in conjunction with --hostname

-h, --hostname <string>

The hostname to configure git for

EXIT CODES

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

EXAMPLE

# Configure git to use GitHub CLI as the credential helper for all authenticated hosts
$ gh auth setup-git
# Configure git to use GitHub CLI as the credential helper for enterprise.internal host
$ gh auth setup-git --hostname enterprise.internal