gcli-releases(1)

Usage

gcli [-sl] [-n n] [-o owner -r repo]

gcli create -t tagname [-n name] [-c commitish] [-a asset] [-o owner -r repo] [-d] [-p]

gcli delete [-o owner -r repo] [-y] release-id

Overview

Use gcli to list, create or delete releases for repositories on git(1) forges such as GitLab, Gitea or GitHub. Without a subcommand specified, gcli will list releases in the given or autodetected repository. If you are the owner of that repo, you will also see draft releases. You will not see those if you are not the owner of that particular repository.

Options

-s, --sorted: Reverse the output such that most recent items appear at the bottom.
-l, --long: Print a long list instead of a short table.
-o, --owner owner: List releases in the repo of the given owner. This option can only be used in combination with -r.
-r, --repo repo: List releases in the given repo. This option can only be used in combination with -o.
-n, --count n: Fetch at least n releases. Setting n to -1 will fetch all releases. Default: 30. Note that on repositories with many releases fetching all releases can take a considerable amount of time and may result in rate limiting by the GitHub API.

Subcommands

create

Create a new release on the given or autodetected repository. The editor will come up and ask you to enter a message for the release.

The following flags can be specified:

-t, --tag tagname: Specify a tag to be used or to be created for the release. This option is mandatory. See -c for how to specify from what the tag should be created.
-n, --name name: Name of the release.
-c, --commitish commitish: When a new tag is to be created, this specifies what the tag is based on. It can be either a branch or a commit hash. Unused if the tag already exists. Otherwise this defaults to the default branch from git(1).
-o, --owner owner: Operate on the repository of the specified owner. This option can only be used in combination with -r. Use this if you want to e.g. create the release in an organization and not your own account.
-r, --repo repo: Create the release in the given repository. This option can only be used in combination with -o.
-a, --asset asset: Attach the given asset to the release. It will be uploaded to Github and be made available for download. You can specify this option multiple times to attach more than one asset to the release.
-y, --yes: Do not ask for confirmation before creating the release. Assume yes.

delete

Delete a release.

The following options can be specified:

-r, --repo repo: Delete the release in the given repository. This option can only be used in combination with -o.
-o, --owner owner: Delete the release in the repository of the given owner. This option can only be used in combination with -r. Use this if you want to delete a release in a given organization and not your own account.
-y, --yes: Do not ask for confirmation before deleting the repository. Assume yes.

Examples

Delete release with ID 54656866 in herrhotzenplotz/gcli-playground without asking for confirmation:

$ gcli releases delete --owner herrhotzenplotz \
  --repo gcli-playground --yes 54656866

Create a new release named Foobar in herrhotzenplotz/gcli-playground. Create a new tag called banana based on the commit with the hash 0fed3c9 and upload foobar.tar.xz, barfoo.tar.gz and CHANGELOG as assets to the release.

$ gcli releases create --owner herrhotzenplotz \
  --repo gcli-playground --tag banana --name Foobar \
  --commitish 0fed3c9 --asset foobar.tar.xz \
  --asset barfoo.tar.gz --asset CHANGELOG

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