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.TH "glab" "1" "Sep 2026" "Auto generated by spf13/cobra" ""

.SH NAME
glab-config-path - Print the location of the global configuration file.


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBglab config path [flags]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
Print where \fBglab\fR reads and writes its global configuration. The location depends on the platform and whether a legacy configuration directory exists, so use this command instead of hard-coding a path.

.PP
The command prints the path even if the file does not exist yet, so it is safe to run before the first \fBglab auth login\fR\&.

.PP
Use \fB--dir\fR to print the parent directory. Grant write access to that directory rather than to \fBconfig.yml\fR alone, because \fBglab\fR writes a temporary file in that directory first and then replaces \fBconfig.yml\fR with it.

.PP
Repository-local settings live in the repository's \fB\&.git/glab-cli/config.yml\fR and this command does not report them.

.PP
If no user configuration file exists, \fBglab\fR falls back to a read-only system-wide one. This command always reports the user location.


.SH OPTIONS
\fB--dir\fP[=false]
	Print the configuration directory instead of the configuration file.


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	Show help for this command.


.SH EXAMPLE
.EX
# Print the path to the global configuration file
glab config path

# Print the directory that holds the configuration file
glab config path --dir

# Open the configuration file in an editor
$EDITOR "$(glab config path)"
.EE


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBglab-config(1)\fP