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.TH "GT-AUTH" "1" "Nov 2026" "gitea-cli" "gitea-cli Manual"

.SH NAME
gt-auth - Authenticate gt and git with Gitea


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBgt auth [flags]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
Authenticate gt and git with Gitea.

.PP
gt keeps the accounts of each instance in hosts.yml and their tokens in the system
keyring, or in a private file when you choose so. One account per instance is active;
--user or GITEA_CLI_USER selects another for a single command. GITEA_TOKEN, together with
GITEA_CLI_HOST or GITEA_INSTANCE_URL, replaces the stored credentials of its instance for the
active account too; it must belong to the account that --user or GITEA_CLI_USER names. See
gt help environment for how commands select the instance.


.SH OPTIONS
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	help for auth


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
\fB--debug\fP[=false]
	Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr

.PP
\fB--host\fP=""
	Gitea instance \fBURL\fR, including any base path

.PP
\fB--interactive\fP[=false]
	Allow prompts with machine output

.PP
\fB--no-input\fP[=false]
	Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions

.PP
\fB--sudo\fP=""
	Perform API requests as this \fBuser\fR (requires an administrator account)

.PP
\fB--user\fP=""
	Account \fBname\fR on the selected instance


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBgt(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-login(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-logout(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-refresh(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-setup-git(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-status(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-switch(1)\fP, \fBgt-auth-token(1)\fP