glab-config-edit(1)

glab-config-edit1

Opens the glab configuration file.

Usage

glab config edit [flags]

Overview

The command uses the following order when choosing the editor to use:

1.

glab_editor field in the configuration file.

2.

VISUAL environment variable.

3.

EDITOR environment variable.

Options

-l, --local[=false]
Open '.git/glab-cli/config.yml' file instead of the global '~/.config/glab-cli/config.yml' file.

Options inherited from parent commands

-h, --help[=false]
Show help for this command.

Examples

# Open the configuration file with the default editor
glab config edit
# Open the configuration file with vim
EDITOR=vim glab config edit
# Set vim to be used for all future 'glab config edit' invocations
glab config set editor vim
glab config edit
# Open the local configuration file with the default editor
glab config edit -l

From glab 1.126.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.