gt-milestone-create1

Usage

Overview

Create a milestone. Without flags on a terminal, a form asks for the title, description and due date. A milestone with the same title, ignoring case, is refused unless --force updates it, since titles address milestones.

closed_issues, description, due_date, id, open_issues, state, title, url

Options

--deadline=""
Due date: YYYY-MM-DD, RFC3339 or Unix timestamp; only the date counts, as the end of that day in UTC; with --force, empty clears the deadline of an existing milestone

-d, --description=""
Milestone description

-F, --description-file=""
Read the description from file, or - for stdin

-e, --editor[=false]
Write the description in the configured editor

-f, --force[=false]
Update the milestone if one with the same title exists

-h, --help[=false]
help for create

--state="open"
State of the new milestone {open|closed}

-t, --title=""
Milestone title

Options inherited from parent commands

--csv[=""]
Output CSV with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--cwd=""
Working directory for repository discovery

--debug[=false]
Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr

--host=""
Gitea instance URL, including any base path

--interactive[=false]
Allow prompts with machine output

-q, --jq=""
Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json

--json[=""]
Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields

--no-input[=false]
Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions

--remote=""
Git remote used for repository discovery

-R, --repo=""
Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL

--sudo=""
Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)

--user=""
Account name on the selected instance

Examples

$ gt milestone create v1.0 --deadline 2026-12-31 --description "First release"
$ gt milestone create --title v2.0 --editor
# Update the milestone if it exists
$ gt milestone create v1.0 --deadline 2027-01-31 --force