gh auth login
gh auth login [flags]
Authenticate with a GitHub host.
The default authentication mode is a web-based browser flow.
Alternatively, pass in a token on standard input by using --with-token.
The minimum required scopes for the token are: "repo", "read:org".
The --scopes flag accepts a comma separated list of scopes you want your gh credentials to have. If absent, this command ensures that gh has access to a minimum set of scopes.
Options
-h,--hostname <string>- The hostname of the GitHub instance to authenticate with
-s,--scopes <strings>- Additional authentication scopes for gh to have
-w,--web- Open a browser to authenticate
--with-token- Read token from standard input
Examples
# start interactive setup
$ gh auth login
# authenticate against github.com by reading the token from a file
$ gh auth login --with-token < mytoken.txt
# authenticate with a specific GitHub Enterprise Server instance
$ gh auth login --hostname enterprise.internal