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glab-variable-update - Update an existing variable for a project or group.

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

NAME

glab-variable-update - Update an existing variable for a project or group.

SYNOPSIS

glab variable update [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Update an existing variable for a project or group.

OPTIONS

-d, --description=""

Set description of a variable.

-g, --group=""

Set variable for a group.

-m, --masked[=false]

Whether the variable is masked.

-p, --protected[=false]

Whether the variable is protected.

-r, --raw[=false]

Whether the variable is treated as a raw string.

-s, --scope=""

The environment_scope of the variable. Values: all (), or specific environments.

-t, --type="env_var"

The type of a variable: env_var, file.

-v, --value=""

The value of a variable.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-h, --help[=false]

Show help for this command.

-R, --repo=""

Select another repository. Can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL.

EXAMPLE

$ glab variable update WITH_ARG "some value"
$ glab variable update FROM_FLAG -v "some value"
$ glab variable update FROM_ENV_WITH_ARG "${ENV_VAR}"
$ glab variable update FROM_ENV_WITH_FLAG -v"${ENV_VAR}"
$ glab variable update FROM_FILE < secret.txt
$ cat file.txt | glab variable update SERVER_TOKEN
$ cat token.txt | glab variable update GROUP_TOKEN -g mygroup --scope=prod

SEE ALSO

glab-variable(1)


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