marcofavorito / github-cli

A cli tool for interact with GitHub.

Github-cli

A command line utility for interact with Github.

It is under development. Use it at your own risk.

Any contribution/suggestion would be really welcome.

How to use

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/MarcoFavorito/github-cli.git

Call github_cli from the root directory:

cd github-cli 
python github_cli.py -i            # to run the interactive shell 
python github_cli.py <command> ... # to run a single command

It is recommended to configure .config.yml with username and token variables (guide about how to generate a personal token).

Examples

• run the shell:

  python github_cli.py -i
  

You can also run single commands without starting a shell.

• run the help:

  $ help [cmd]
  

• list public repositories of an user (ls):

  $ ls Your_Username
  

  list files under a repository or a subdirectory:

  $ ls Your_Username/Your_Repository/subfolder
  

• create your repo:

  $ mkdir Your_Username/hello-world
  

• remove a repo

   $ rmdir Your_Username/hello-world
  

• copy files/folders in the local filesystem:

   $ cp Your_Username/hello-world/subdirectory ./hello-world/local_subdirectory
  

License

The software is released under MIT license.