gh variable set

Set a value for a variable on one of the following levels:

• repository (default): available to GitHub Actions runs or Dependabot in a repository
• environment: available to GitHub Actions runs for a deployment environment in a repository
• organization: available to GitHub Actions runs or Dependabot within an organization

Organization variable can optionally be restricted to only be available to specific repositories.

Options

-b, --body <string> The value for the variable (reads from standard input if not specified) -e, --env <environment> Set deployment environment variable -f, --env-file <file> Load variable names and values from a dotenv-formatted file -o, --org <organization> Set organization variable -r, --repos <repositories> List of repositories that can access an organization variable -v, --visibility <string> (default "private") Set visibility for an organization variable: {all|private|selected}

Options inherited from parent commands

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

Examples

# Add variable value for the current repository in an interactive prompt $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE # Read variable value from an environment variable $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --body "$ENV_VALUE" # Read variable value from a file $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE < myfile.txt # Set variable for a deployment environment in the current repository $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --env myenvironment # Set organization-level variable visible to both public and private repositories $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --org myOrg --visibility all # Set organization-level variable visible to specific repositories $ gh variable set MYVARIABLE --org myOrg --repos repo1,repo2,repo3 # Set multiple variables imported from the ".env" file $ gh variable set -f .env

See also

• gh variable