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

--add-assignee <login>

Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot.

--add-label <name>

Add labels by name

--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

--remove-assignee <login>

Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign yourself, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot.

--remove-label <name>

Remove labels by name

--remove-milestone

Remove the milestone association from the issue

--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"

See also

• gh issue