gh-project-item-edit1
Edit an item in a project
Usage
gh project
item-edit
[<number>]
[flags]
Overview
Edit a draft issue or a project item.
The usual way to select the item and field is by name: pass the project number plus --owner, point at the item with its issue or pull request --url, and name the field with --field. For single-select fields, --value is the option name.
For scripts and machine use, you can also pass GraphQL node IDs directly with --id, --field-id and --project-id (and, for single-select fields, --single-select-option-id).
Note that --url is the issue or pull request URL, not a project URL, so its owner may differ from the project's; --owner selects the project.
For non-draft issues, only a single field value can be updated per invocation.
Remove a project item field value with --clear.
Options
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--body <string> -
Body of the draft issue item
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--clear -
Remove field value
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--date <string> -
Date value for the field (YYYY-MM-DD)
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--field <string> -
Name of the field to update
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--field-id <string> -
ID of the field to update
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--format <string> -
Output format: {json}
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--id <string> -
ID of the item to edit
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--iteration-id <string> -
ID of the iteration value to set on the field
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-q, --jq <expression> -
Filter JSON output using a jq expression
--number<float> (default 0)-
Number value for the field
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--owner <string> -
Login of the owner. Use "@me" for the current user.
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--project-id <string> -
ID of the project to which the field belongs to
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--single-select-option-id <string> -
ID of the single select option value to set on the field
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-t, --template <string> -
Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"
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--text <string> -
Text value for the field
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--title <string> -
Title of the draft issue item
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--url <string> -
URL of the issue or pull request whose project item to edit
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--value <--field> -
Value to set on the field named by --field
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
# Set the "Status" field to "In Progress" for an issue on monalisa's project 1 $ gh project item-edit 1 --owner monalisa --url https://github.com/monalisa/myproject/issues/23 --field "Status" --value "In Progress" # Edit an item's text field value by node ID (machine / scripted use) $ gh project item-edit --id <item-id> --field-id <field-id> --project-id <project-id> --text "new text" # Clear an item's field value by node ID $ gh project item-edit --id <item-id> --field-id <field-id> --project-id <project-id> --clear
Releases
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.
--field since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--owner since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--url since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--value since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.