gh issue view

View an issue

Synopsis

Display the title, body, and other information about an issue.

With '--web', open the issue in a web browser instead.

gh issue view {<number> | <url>} [flags]

Options

  -c, --comments          View issue comments
  -q, --jq expression     Filter JSON output using a jq expression
      --json fields       Output JSON with the specified fields
  -t, --template string   Format JSON output using a Go template
  -w, --web               Open an issue in the browser

Options inherited from parent commands

      --help                     Show help for command
  -R, --repo [HOST/]OWNER/REPO   Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

In use

In terminal

By default, we will display items in the terminal.

# Viewing an issue in terminal
~/Projects/my-project$ gh issue view 21
Issue title
opened by user. 0 comments. (label)

  Issue body

View this issue on GitHub: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/21
~/Projects/my-project$

In the browser

Quickly open an item in the browser using --web or -w

# Viewing an issue in the browser
~/Projects/my-project$ gh issue view 21 --web
Opening https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/21 in your browser.
~/Projects/my-project$