github-cli gh

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gh is a tool that integrates most of github functionalities into the terminal, you can manage repos, issues and authintication tokens

Quick start

Windows : use chocolaty choco install gh

Linux : installation steps

Auth

use gh auth login to authinticate with your github account, follow instructions that will appear on terminal

Setting an editor

gh config set editor <editor>, I recommend vim cause you won’t break the flow each time tou wanna commit by opening a graphical editor

simple workflow

• list repos for a specific user

gh repo list hamzawinix

• clone a repo by user/repo

gh repo clone hamzawinix/hamzawinix.github.io

• add newly created files to a repo

git add .

• commit all and write a long message

git commit -a

• commit all and write a short one liner

git commit -a -m "commit message"

• push local repo to source

git push