gh-pr-checkout(1)

gh-pr-checkout1

Check out a pull request in git

Usage

gh pr checkout [{<number> | <url> | <branch>}] [flags]

Options

-b, --branch <string>

Local branch name to use (default [the name of the head branch])

--detach

Checkout PR with a detached HEAD

-f, --force

Reset the existing local branch to the latest state of the pull request

--recurse-submodules

Update all submodules after checkout

--worktree <path>

Check out the pull request into a worktree at the given path

Options inherited from parent commands

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

Aliases

gh pr co

Exit status

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

Examples

# Interactively select a PR from the 10 most recent to check out
$ gh pr checkout
# Checkout a specific PR
$ gh pr checkout 32
$ gh pr checkout https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/pull/32
$ gh pr checkout feature
$ gh pr checkout 32 --branch feature --worktree /path/to/wt-feature

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

--worktree since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

From github-cli 2.102.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.