🏷️ Github CLI v2.9.0 is out : clone labels feature #5452 is here

🙋 Intro

GitHub CLI v2.9.0 is out and brings some nice new features around labels :

Add `label clone` command #5452

heaths posted on Apr 13, 2022

Resolves #5441

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As recently I felt the need (for organizational level reporting) to synchronize labels on distinct repos (see dedicated feedback) :

, this latest release was the perfect match ❣️

🎞️ The demo

A short video worths a thousand words so here go 👇

📜 Movie script

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# 🤔 So a new release is avilable for Gtihub Cli ❔
# 👉 What's new on v2.9.0... let's find out 👇  
gh release view v2.9.0 --repo cli/cli

# 🎁 ... and what is cli/cli #5452 "label clone" feature ❔
gh issue view 5452 --repo cli/cli

# 🆗 Let's give it a try ❣️

# 1️⃣ Create a master repo 
gh repo create gh-cli-demo-labels-master --public 

# 🏷️ See labels on the newly created repo 👇
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master

# ➕ Create a custom label 🦩
gh label create SOMETHING_PINK --description "I love pink things" --color FFC0CB --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master

# ✅ And check it has been created  👇
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master

# 🔍 Look for the newly created label 👇
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master | grep PINK

# ➕  Now, create a new repo...
gh repo create gh-cli-demo-labels-synced --public 

# ... List existing labels on te newly created repo
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-synced

# ✅ Check that the PINK label does not exists
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-synced | grep PINK

# 🪄 Sync labels ✨
gh label clone adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-synced

# 🕵️ See if the clone command did work 🤞
gh label list --repo adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-synced | grep PINK

# 🎆 Job done 🤸

# 🧽 Cleanup the mess 🧼
gh repo delete adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-master --confirm
gh repo delete adriens/gh-cli-demo-labels-synced --confirm

# 🎬 That's all folks
gh repo view cli/cli

# 🌟 Go like it 🌟
gh repo view cli/cli --web

🔖 Resources

• 🎞️ Github CLI playlist on DevOPS LABS
• Github CLI homepage
• cli/cli Manual
• cli/cli on Github

Comments

[adriens]

Adrien SALES

@rastadidi

📢 @github has released its latest Github CLI v2.9.0 version... making operations on labels accross #github repositories piece of 🍰.
See what it changes 👇
dev.to/adriens/github…

#productivity #OpenSource #programmers #terminal #console

20:07 PM - 27 Apr 2022