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

       --clobber
              Overwrite existing aliases of the same name

       -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 'issue mine' 'issue list --mention @me'
       $ gh issue mine

       $ 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)

                                                    Jul 2025                                     GH-ALIAS-SET(1)