NAME

       gh-alias-set - Create a shortcut for a gh command

SYNOPSIS

       gh alias set <alias> <expansion> [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       Define a word that will expand to a full gh command when invoked.

       The  expansion  may  specify  additional  arguments  and  flags.  If  the  expansion  includes positional
       placeholders such as "$1", extra  arguments  that  follow  the  alias  will  be  inserted  appropriately.
       Otherwise, extra arguments will be appended to the expanded command.

       Use  "-"  as expansion argument to read the expansion string from standard input. This is useful to avoid
       quoting issues when defining expansions.

       If the expansion starts with "!" or if "--shell" was given, the expansion is a shell expression that will
       be evaluated through the "sh" interpreter when the alias is invoked. This allows  for  chaining  multiple
       commands via piping and redirection.

OPTIONS

       -s, --shell
              Declare an alias to be passed through a shell interpreter

EXAMPLE

              # note: Command Prompt on Windows requires using double quotes for arguments
              $ gh alias set pv 'pr view'
              $ gh pv -w 123  #=> gh pr view -w 123

              $ gh alias set bugs 'issue list --label=bugs'
              $ gh bugs

              $ gh alias set homework 'issue list --assignee @me'
              $ gh homework

              $ gh alias set epicsBy 'issue list --author="$1" --label="epic"'
              $ gh epicsBy vilmibm  #=> gh issue list --author="vilmibm" --label="epic"

              $ gh alias set --shell igrep 'gh issue list --label="$1" | grep "$2"'
              $ gh igrep epic foo  #=> gh issue list --label="epic" | grep "foo"

SEE ALSO

       gh-alias(1)

                                                    Mar 2022                                     GH-ALIAS-SET(1)