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glab-snippet-create - Create a new snippet.

glab snippet create [flags] -t [...] glab snippet create [flags] -t -f # reads from stdin

Provide one or more file paths to upload, or pass --filename and pipe content from standard input.

Snippets are created in the current project by default. Use --personal to create the snippet in your personal account instead, and --visibility to control who can see it.

-d, --description="" Description of the snippet. Set to "-" to open an editor.

-f, --filename="" Filename of the snippet in GitLab.

-p, --personal[=false] Create a personal snippet.

-t, --title="" (required) Title of the snippet.

-v, --visibility="private" Limit by visibility: 'public', 'internal', or 'private'.

-h, --help[=false] Show help for this command.

-R, --repo="" Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

glab snippet create script.py --title "Title of the snippet"
echo "package main" | glab snippet new --title "Title of the snippet" --filename "main.go"
glab snippet create -t Title -f "different.go" -d Description main.go
glab snippet create -t Title -f "different.go" -d Description --filename different.go main.go
glab snippet create --personal --title "Personal snippet" script.py

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