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glab-config-edit - Opens the glab configuration file.

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

NAME

glab-config-edit - Opens the glab configuration file.

SYNOPSIS

glab config edit [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Opens the glab configuration file. The command uses the following order when choosing the editor to use:

1.

’glab_editor’ field in the configuration file

2.

’VISUAL’ environment variable

3.

’EDITOR’ environment variable

OPTIONS

-l, --local[=false] Open ’.git/glab-cli/config.yml’ file instead of the global ’˜/.config/glab-cli/config.yml’ file.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-h, --help[=false] Show help for this command.

EXAMPLE

Open the configuration file with the default editor
- glab config edit

Open the configuration file with vim
- EDITOR=vim glab config edit

Set vim to be used for all future ’glab config edit’ invocations
- glab config set editor vim
- glab config edit

Open the local configuration file with the default editor
- glab config edit -l

SEE ALSO

glab-config(1)


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