gitlab-issue

GitLab Issues

Use the glab CLI to manage GitLab issues.

Common Operations

List Issues

# List open issues
glab issue list

# Filter issues
glab issue list --assignee @me
glab issue list --label "bug"
glab issue list --milestone "v1.0"
glab issue list --state closed
glab issue list --search "login error"
glab issue list --confidential

Create an Issue

# Interactive creation
glab issue create

# Create with options
glab issue create --title "Bug: Login fails" --description "Steps to reproduce..."

# Create with labels and assignees
glab issue create --title "Add dark mode" --label "feature,ui" --assignee user1

# Create with milestone
glab issue create --title "Fix auth" --milestone "v2.0"

# Create confidential issue
glab issue create --title "Security: XSS vulnerability" --confidential

View an Issue

# View issue details
glab issue view 42

# View in web browser
glab issue view 42 --web

# View with comments
glab issue view 42 --comments

Comment on Issues

# Add a comment
glab issue note 42 --message "I can reproduce this on Linux"

Update Issues

# Update title
glab issue update 42 --title "Updated title"

# Add labels
glab issue update 42 --label "priority::high,team::backend"

# Assign to someone
glab issue update 42 --assignee user1

# Set milestone
glab issue update 42 --milestone "v2.0"

Close or Reopen

glab issue close 42
glab issue reopen 42

Create Branch from Issue

# Create a branch linked to an issue
glab issue create-branch 42

# With a custom branch name
glab issue create-branch 42 --branch "fix/login-issue-42"

Board View

# View project board
glab issue board view

Tips

• Use $ARGUMENTS to reference a specific issue number if provided
• When creating issues, suggest appropriate labels and milestones
• Link related issues using Relates to #N or Closes #N in descriptions
• Use --confidential for security-related issues