---
name: "gt-milestone-create"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gitea-cli"
version: "1.0.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-07"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/gt-milestone-create"
---

# gt-milestone-create(1)

Create a milestone

## NAME

gt-milestone-create - Create a milestone

## SYNOPSIS

**gt milestone create \[\<title\>\] \[flags\]**

## DESCRIPTION

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.

### JSON FIELDS

```
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

## EXAMPLE

```
$ 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
```

## SEE ALSO

**[gt-milestone(1)](/man/gt-milestone/1.md)**