GH-ISSUE-EDIT(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-ISSUE-EDIT(1) NAME gh-issue-edit - Edit issues SYNOPSIS gh issue edit {<numbers> | <urls>} [flags] DESCRIPTION Edit one or more issues within the same repository. Editing issues' projects requires authorization with the project scope. To authorize, run gh auth refresh -s project. The --add-assignee and --remove-assignee flags both support the following special values: - @me: assign or unassign yourself - @copilot: assign or unassign Copilot (not supported on GitHub Enterprise Server) OPTIONS --add-assignee <login> Add assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to assign yourself, or "@copilot" to assign Copilot. --add-label <name> Add labels by name --add-project <title> Add the issue to projects by title -b, --body <string> Set the new body. -F, --body-file <file> Read body text from file (use "-" to read from standard input) -m, --milestone <name> Edit the milestone the issue belongs to by name --remove-assignee <login> Remove assigned users by their login. Use "@me" to unassign your- self, or "@copilot" to unassign Copilot. --remove-label <name> Remove labels by name --remove-milestone Remove the milestone association from the issue --remove-project <title> Remove the issue from projects by title -t, --title <string> Set the new title. OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS -R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format EXIT CODES 0: Successful execution 1: Error 2: Command canceled 4: Authentication required NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the com- mand's help for more information. EXAMPLE $ gh issue edit 23 --title "I found a bug" --body "Nothing works" $ gh issue edit 23 --add-label "bug,help wanted" --remove-label "core" $ gh issue edit 23 --add-assignee "@me" --remove-assignee monalisa,hubot $ gh issue edit 23 --add-assignee "@copilot" $ gh issue edit 23 --add-project "Roadmap" --remove-project v1,v2 $ gh issue edit 23 --milestone "Version 1" $ gh issue edit 23 --remove-milestone $ gh issue edit 23 --body-file body.txt $ gh issue edit 23 34 --add-label "help wanted" SEE ALSO gh-issue(1) Aug 2026 GH-ISSUE-EDIT(1)
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