gt-notification-watch(1)

gt-notification-watch1

Print notifications as they arrive

Usage

gt notification watch [flags]

Overview

Print notifications as they arrive or change, until Ctrl-C or --timeout. On a terminal it runs until stopped; otherwise it stops after a minute unless --timeout says otherwise. With --json it prints one JSON object per line. It polls on through an outage of the instance of up to 5 minutes.

Json fields

id, number, pinned, repository, state, title, type, unread, updated_at, url

Options

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

--interval=5s
Time between checks

-L, --limit=30
Maximum number of results (1..1000)

--page=1
Result page

--since=""
Only notifications updated since a date, timestamp, or duration such as 24h

--status=[unread,pinned]
Only notifications with these statuses: unread, read, pinned

--timeout=0s
Stop after this long (default: never on a terminal, 1m otherwise)

--type=[]
Only notifications about these subjects: issue, pull, commit, repository

--until=""
Only notifications updated before a date, timestamp, or duration such as 1h

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)

--this-repo[=false]
Only notifications of the repository in the current directory

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

Examples

$ gt notification watch
# Stream pull request notifications to a script, starting with the current ones
$ gt notification watch --type pull --json id,repository,title --timeout 0 | ./notify.sh

From gitea-cli 1.0.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.