gh-issue-create - Create a new issue

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS ALIASES EXIT CODES EXAMPLE SEE ALSO

DESCRIPTION

Create an issue on GitHub.

Adding an issue to projects requires authorization with the project scope. To authorize, run gh auth refresh -s project.

The --assignee flag supports the following special values: - @me: assign yourself - @copilot: assign Copilot (not supported on GitHub Enterprise Server)

OPTIONS

-a, --assignee <login>

Assign people by their login. Use "@me" to self-assign.

-b, --body <string>

Supply a body. Will prompt for one otherwise.

-F, --body-file <file>

Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input)

-e, --editor

Skip prompts and open the text editor to write the title and body in. The first line is the title and the remaining text is the body.

-l, --label <name>

Add labels by name

-m, --milestone <name>

Add the issue to a milestone by name

-p, --project <title>

Add the issue to projects by title

--recover <string>

Recover input from a failed run of create

-T, --template <name>

Template name to use as starting body text

-t, --title <string>

Supply a title. Will prompt for one otherwise.

-w, --web

Open the browser to create an issue

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>

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

EXIT CODES

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 create --title "I found a bug" --body "Nothing works"
$ gh issue create --label "bug,help wanted"
$ gh issue create --label bug --label "help wanted"
$ gh issue create --assignee monalisa,hubot
$ gh issue create --assignee "@me"
$ gh issue create --assignee "@copilot"
$ gh issue create --project "Roadmap"
$ gh issue create --template "Bug Report"