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Repo Templates

Templates include those for ISSUE, PRS, etc. They're placed in the .github directory.

CLI

Summary of commands...

gh pr [status, list, view, checkout, create]
gh issue [status, list, view, create]
gh repo [view, create, clone, fork]
gh config [get, set]
gh help

Repo

Display a repos README...

gh repo view cli/cli

Open the repo in the default browser...

gh repo view cli/cli -w

Gist

Create a gist of a given file...

gh gist create README.md

Issues

Work with GH issues...

gh issue status
gh issue list

gh issue list

Filtering within the Github issue UI...

is:pr is:closed merged:>=YYYY-MM-DD base:develop sort:author-date
is:pr is:closed merged:>=2022-08-04 base:develop sort:author-date

gh pr list --search "is:closed merged:>=2022-08-04 base:develop sort:author-date"

PRs

A neat shortcut to checking out the branch associated with a given PR is as follows... 

gh pr checkout 899

Superlinter

https://github.com/github/super-linter

Codespaces

"Get the full Visual Studio Code experience without leaving GitHub."

https://github.com/features/codespaces

Container Registry

https://github.blog/2020-09-01-introducing-github-container-registry/

Actions

"GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD"

Action Examples

Actions / Run command

gh run view 4307886022 --log-failed
gh run view 4307886022 -w

Probot

"GitHub Apps to automate and improve your workflow. Use pre-built apps to extend GitHub, and easily build and share your own."

  • https://probot.github.io/

Lab

Sponsors

  • Connect with the community that depends on your work. Receive recurring funds to build our shared digital infrastructure.
  • Stars / Forks / Clones

Copilot

"Your AI pair programmer"

  • VSCode extension
  • Note the "Open Github Copilot" command palette entry which display up to 10 suggestions

"With GitHub code search, your codeโ€”and the worldโ€™sโ€”is at your fingertips."

  • https://cs.github.com/