gh (pronounced… “guh”?) is GitHub’s official command line interface (CLI) tool. It lets you interact with GitHub directly from the command line, supporting most key features across more than 25 commands and over 200 subcommands. It’s also great for bridging the terminal-browser gap, allowing you to jump to pages relevant to your current context, such as the PR for the current branch.

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A comprehensive guide to the eight most useful commands in GitHub's official CLI tool (gh). Covers browsing repositories and files, cloning repos with fork detection, creating and managing pull requests through multiple modes (interactive, direct, fill, editor), checking out PRs for review, merging with cleanup options, and monitoring GitHub Actions runs with real-time updates. Includes practical examples, workflow tips, and command chaining techniques to boost productivity when working with GitHub from the terminal.

GitHub: top commands in gh, the official GitHub CLI

1. Open things in the browser with gh browse

2. Open some other things in the browser with -w ( --web )

4. Start working on an issue with gh issue develop -c

5. Create a pull request with gh pr create

6. Check out an existing pull request with gh pr checkout

8. Watch a GitHub Actions workflow run with gh run watch