gh-issue-edit(1)

GH-ISSUE-EDIT(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-ISSUE-EDIT(1)

NAME

gh-issue-edit - Edit issues

SYNOPSIS

gh issue edit {<numbers> | <urls>} [flags]

DESCRIPTION

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

--add-assignee <login>
Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot.

--add-blocked-by <number>
Add 'blocked by' relationships by issue number or URL

--add-blocking <number>
Add 'blocking' relationships by issue number or URL

--add-label <name>
Add labels by name

--add-project <title>
Add the issue to projects by title

--add-sub-issue <number>
Add sub-issues by number or URL

-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

--parent <number>
Set the parent issue by number or URL

--remove-assignee <login>
Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign yourself, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot.

--remove-blocked-by <number>
Remove 'blocked by' relationships by issue number or URL

--remove-blocking <number>
Remove 'blocking' relationships by issue number or URL

--remove-label <name>
Remove labels by name

--remove-milestone
Remove the milestone association from the issue

--remove-parent
Remove the parent issue

--remove-project <title>
Remove the issue from projects by title

--remove-sub-issue <number>
Remove sub-issues by number or URL

--remove-type
Remove the issue type from the issue

-t, --title <string>
Set the new title.

--type <name>
Set the issue type by name

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>
Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

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

$ 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"
$ gh issue edit 23 --type Bug
$ gh issue edit 23 --remove-type
$ gh issue edit 23 --parent 100
$ gh issue edit 23 --remove-parent
$ gh issue edit 100 --add-sub-issue 123,124
$ gh issue edit 123 --add-blocked-by 200 --add-blocking 300,301

SEE ALSO

gh-issue(1)

Jul 2026 GitHub CLI v2.96.0