`gh auth login` Sign in the GitHub CLI to your account

Logs the gh command-line tool in to GitHub, usually through your browser, and stores a token so later gh commands and git over https can act as you.

Synopsis

gh auth login [FLAGS]
gh auth status
gh auth logout

Option or form	What it does
`-h, --hostname HOST`	Sign in to a specific host, such as a GitHub Enterprise server
`-w, --web`	Open a browser to finish signing in
`-p, --git-protocol https\|ssh`	Which protocol git should use for your repositories
`-s, --scopes SCOPES`	Ask for extra permissions on the token
`--with-token`	Read a token from standard input instead of using the browser

gh auth login

gh auth login --web --git-protocol https

Check who you are signed in as

gh auth status

github.com
  ✓ Logged in to github.com account octocat

gh auth login --with-token < token.txt

Let git use gh for credentials

gh auth setup-git

Never type a token on the command line. Pipe it in with --with-token so it does not land in your shell history.
In automation, the GH_TOKEN environment variable works without running login at all.
gh auth logout removes the stored token for that host.