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

gh-issue-edit - Edit issues

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.

Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself.
Add labels by name
Add the issue to projects by name
Set the new body.
Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input)
Edit the milestone the issue belongs to by name
Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign yourself.
Remove labels by name
Remove the issue from projects by name
Set the new title.

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

$ 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-project "Roadmap" --remove-project v1,v2
$ gh issue edit 23 --milestone "Version 1"
$ gh issue edit 23 --body-file body.txt
$ gh issue edit 23 34 --add-label "help wanted"

gh-issue(1)

Apr 2024