Browser property from gh config #12598

You can set Chrome (and a specific profile) with gh config set browser:

Chrome (default profile):

gh config set browser "google-chrome"

On macOS you can also use:

gh config set browser 'open -a "Google Chrome"'

Chrome with a specific profile: Chrome uses profile names like Default, Profile 1, Profile 2, etc. (they may appear as "Person 1" in the UI).

macOS:

gh config set browser 'open -a "Google Chrome" --args --profile-directory="Default"'

Linux:

gh config set browser 'google-chrome --profile-directory=Default'

Windows:

gh config set browser '"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --profile-directory=Default'

Replace Default with your profile name (e.g. Profile 1). You can check profile folders in:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/
Linux: ~/.config/google-chrome/
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\

Verify with:

gh config get browser

On macOS, you can put the profile argument in a small wrapper. Save this as gh-chrome-profile:

#!/bin/sh
exec '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome' \
  --profile-directory='Profile 1' "$@"

Then point gh at it:

chmod +x /absolute/path/gh-chrome-profile
gh config set browser /absolute/path/gh-chrome-profile

Profile 1 is the folder name, not the name shown in Chrome. You can find it at the end of Profile Path on chrome://version.

Also check GH_BROWSER and BROWSER, since they override the browser config. Environment docs.

Tested argument forwarding with a mock executable.