# Manage GitHub Issues for the current repository.

## Synopsis

`hub issue` [-a ASSIGNEE] [-c CREATOR] [-@ USER] [-s STATE] [-f FORMAT] [-M MILESTONE] [-l LABELS] [-d DATE] [-o SORT_KEY [`-^`]] [-L LIMIT]
`hub issue` show [-f FORMAT] NUMBER
`hub issue` create [-oc] [-m MESSAGE|-F FILE] [--edit] [-a USERS] [-M MILESTONE] [-l LABELS]
`hub issue` update NUMBER [-m MESSAGE|-F FILE] [--edit] [-a USERS] [-M MILESTONE] [-l LABELS] [-s STATE]
`hub issue` labels [--color]
`hub issue` transfer NUMBER REPO

## Commands

With no arguments, show a list of open issues.

show
  Show an existing issue specified by NUMBER.
create
  Open an issue in the current repository.
update
  Update fields of an existing issue specified by NUMBER. Use `--edit` to edit the title and message interactively in the text editor.
labels
  List the labels available in this repository.
transfer
  Transfer an issue to another repository.

## Options

-a, --assignee ASSIGNEE

  In list mode, display only issues assigned to ASSIGNEE.

-a, --assign USERS

  A comma-separated list of GitHub handles to assign to the created issue.

-c, --creator CREATOR

  Display only issues created by CREATOR.

-@, --mentioned USER

  Display only issues mentioning USER.

-s, --state STATE

  Display issues with state STATE (default: "open").

-f, --format FORMAT

  Pretty print the contents of the issues using format FORMAT (default: "%sC%>(8)%i%Creset %t% l%n"). See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of git-log(1) for some additional details on how placeholders are used in format. The available placeholders for issues are:

  %I: issue number

  %i: issue number prefixed with "#"

  %U: the URL of this issue

  %S: state (i.e. "open", "closed")

  %sC: set color to red or green, depending on issue state.

  %t: title

  %l: colored labels

  %L: raw, comma-separated labels

  %b: body

  %au: login name of author

  %as: comma-separated list of assignees

  %Mn: milestone number

  %Mt: milestone title

  %NC: number of comments

  %Nc: number of comments wrapped in parentheses, or blank string if zero.

  %cD: created date-only (no time of day)

  %cr: created date, relative

  %ct: created date, UNIX timestamp

  %cI: created date, ISO 8601 format

  %uD: updated date-only (no time of day)

  %ur: updated date, relative

  %ut: updated date, UNIX timestamp

  %uI: updated date, ISO 8601 format

  %n: newline

  %%: a literal %

--color[=WHEN]

  Enable colored output even if stdout is not a terminal. WHEN can be one of "always" (default for `--color`), "never", or "auto" (default).

-m, --message MESSAGE

  The text up to the first blank line in MESSAGE is treated as the issue title, and the rest is used as issue description in Markdown format.

  When multiple `--message` are passed, their values are concatenated with a blank line in-between.

  When neither `--message` nor `--file` were supplied to `issue create`, a text editor will open to author the title and description in.

-F, --file FILE

  Read the issue title and description from FILE. Pass "-" to read from standard input instead. See `--message` for the formatting rules.

-e, --edit

  Open the issue title and description in a text editor before submitting. This can be used in combination with `--message` or `--file`.

-o, --browse

  Open the new issue in a web browser.

-c, --copy

  Put the URL of the new issue to clipboard instead of printing it.

-M, --milestone NAME

  Display only issues for a GitHub milestone with the name NAME.

  When opening an issue, add this issue to a GitHub milestone with the name NAME. Passing the milestone number is deprecated.

-l, --labels LABELS

  Display only issues with certain labels.

  When opening an issue, add a comma-separated list of labels to this issue.

-d, --since DATE

  Display only issues updated on or after DATE in ISO 8601 format.

-o, --sort KEY

  Sort displayed issues by "created" (default), "updated" or "comments".

-^ --sort-ascending

  Sort by ascending dates instead of descending.

-L, --limit LIMIT

  Display only the first LIMIT issues.

--include-pulls

  Include pull requests as well as issues.

--color

  Enable colored output for labels list.

## See also

hub-pr(1), hub(1)