glab-variable-set(1)

glab-variable-set1

Create a new variable for a project or group.

Usage

glab variable set [flags]

Overview

You can pass the variable value from standard input. Use --group to set a variable for a group instead of the current project.

Options

-d, --description=""
Set description of a variable.

-g, --group=""
Set variable for a group.

--hidden[=false]
Whether the variable is hidden.

-m, --masked[=false]
Whether the variable is masked.

-p, --protected[=false]
Whether the variable is protected.

-r, --raw[=false]
Whether the variable is treated as a raw string.

-s, --scope=""
The environment_scope of the variable. Values: all (), or specific environments.

-t, --type="env_var"
The type of a variable: env_var, file.

-v, --value=""
The value of a variable.

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 variable set WITH_ARG "some value"
glab variable set WITH_DESC "some value" --description "some description"
glab variable set FROM_FLAG -v "some value"
glab variable set FROM_ENV_WITH_ARG "${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable set FROM_ENV_WITH_FLAG -v"${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable set FROM_FILE < secret.txt
cat file.txt | glab variable set SERVER_TOKEN
cat token.txt | glab variable set GROUP_TOKEN -g mygroup --scope=prod

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.