gh-variable-set - Create or update variables

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

NAME

gh-variable-set - Create or update variables

SYNOPSIS

gh variable set <variable-name> [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Set a value for a variable on one of the following levels: - repository (default): available to Actions runs or Dependabot in a repository - environment: available to Actions runs for a deployment environment in a repository - organization: available to Actions runs or Dependabot within an organization

Organization variable can optionally be restricted to only be available to specific repositories.

OPTIONS

-b, --body <string>

The value for the variable (reads from standard input if not specified)

-e, --env <environment>

Set deployment environment variable

-f, --env-file <file>

Load variable names and values from a dotenv-formatted file

-o, --org <organization>

Set organization variable

-r, --repos <repositories>

List of repositories that can access an organization variable

-v, --visibility <string>

Set visibility for an organization variable: {all|private|selected}

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

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

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

EXAMPLE

# Add variable value for the current repository in an interactive prompt
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE

# Read variable value from an environment variable
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --body "$ENV_VALUE"

# Read variable value from a file
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE < myfile.txt

# Set variable for a deployment environment in the current repository
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --env myenvironment

# Set organization-level variable visible to both public and private repositories
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --org myOrg --visibility all

# Set organization-level variable visible to specific repositories
$ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --org myOrg --repos repo1,repo2,repo3

# Set multiple variables imported from the ".env" file
$ gh variable set -f .env

SEE ALSO

gh-variable(1)


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