gh issue view

Read an issue

What it does

gh issue view shows an issue's title, author, labels, status and description. A link to the issue works instead of the number.

--comments adds the conversation, --web opens the issue in the browser.

Syntax

gh issue view <number>
gh issue view <number> --comments

Examples

• Read issue 12 with its description

  gh issue view 12

  • issue view — show an issue
  • 12 — the number

Related commands

• gh issue comment — Comment on an issue
• gh issue close — Close an issue
• gh browse — Open a repository, an issue or a file on GitHub in the browser

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