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.

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)

Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot.
Add labels by name
Add the issue to projects by title
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, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot.
Remove labels by name
Remove the milestone association from the issue
Remove the issue from projects by title
Set the new title.

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

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.

$ 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"

gh-issue(1)

Jun 2025