glab-snippet-create(1)

glab-snippet-create1

Create a new snippet.

Usage

glab snippet create -t [] [flags]

Overview

Provide one or more file paths to upload, or pass --filename and pipe content from standard input.

Snippets are created in the current project by default. Use --personal to create the snippet in your personal account instead, and --visibility to control who can see it.

Options

-d, --description=""
Description of the snippet. Set to "-" to open an editor.

-f, --filename=""
Filename of the snippet in GitLab.

-p, --personal[=false]
Create a personal snippet.

-t, --title=""
(required) Title of the snippet.

-v, --visibility="private"
Limit by visibility: 'public', 'internal', or 'private'.

Options inherited from parent commands

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

-R, --repo=""
Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

Examples

glab snippet create script.py --title "Title of the snippet"
echo "package main" | glab snippet new --title "Title of the snippet" --filename "main.go"
glab snippet create -t Title -f "different.go" -d Description main.go
glab snippet create -t Title -f "different.go" -d Description --filename different.go main.go
glab snippet create --personal --title "Personal snippet" script.py

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

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