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gh-issue-edit - Edit issues

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

NAME

gh-issue-edit - Edit issues

SYNOPSIS

gh issue edit {<numbers> | <urls>} [flags]

DESCRIPTION

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)

OPTIONS

--add-assignee <login>

Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot.

--add-label <name>

Add labels by name

--add-project <title>

Add the issue to projects by title

-b, --body <string>

Set the new body.

-F, --body-file <file>

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

-m, --milestone <name>

Edit the milestone the issue belongs to by name

--remove-assignee <login>

Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign yourself, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot.

--remove-label <name>

Remove labels by name

--remove-milestone

Remove the milestone association from the issue

--remove-project <title>

Remove the issue from projects by title

-t, --title <string>

Set the new title.

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.

EXAMPLE

$ 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"

SEE ALSO

gh-issue(1)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se