GH-AUTH-SETUP-GIT(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-AUTH-SETUP-GIT(1)

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

gh auth setup-git [flags]

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.

Force setup even if the host is not known. Must be used in conjunction with --hostname
The hostname to configure git for

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.

# 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

gh-auth(1)

Jun 2025