Improve discovery of gh auth status

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Josh Soref 2024-03-18 12:09:27 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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3 changed files with 10 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewCmdRefresh(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*RefreshOptions) error) *cobra.
Use: "refresh",
Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
Short: "Refresh stored authentication credentials",
Long: heredoc.Docf(`Expand or fix the permission scopes for stored credentials.
Long: heredoc.Docf(`Expand or fix the permission scopes for stored credentials for active account.
The %[1]s--scopes%[1]s flag accepts a comma separated list of scopes you want
your gh credentials to have. If no scopes are provided, the command
@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ func NewCmdRefresh(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*RefreshOptions) error) *cobra.
The %[1]s--reset-scopes%[1]s flag resets the scopes for your gh credentials to
the default set of scopes for your auth flow.
If you have multiple accounts in %[1]sgh auth status%[1]s and want to refresh the credentials for an
inactive account, you will have to use %[1]sgh auth switch%[1]s to that account first before using
this command, and then switch back when you are done.
`, "`"),
Example: heredoc.Doc(`
$ gh auth refresh --scopes write:org,read:public_key

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@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func NewCmdStatus(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*StatusOptions) error) *cobra.Co
cmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "status",
Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
Short: "View authentication status",
Short: "View all accounts and authentication status",
Long: heredoc.Doc(`Verifies and displays information about your authentication state.
This command will test your authentication state for each GitHub host that gh knows about and

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@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ func NewCmdSwitch(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*SwitchOptions) error) *cobra.Co
Use: "switch",
Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
Short: "Switch active GitHub account",
Long: heredoc.Doc(`
Long: heredoc.Docf(`
Switch the active account for a GitHub host.
This command changes the authentication configuration that will
be used when running commands targeting the specified GitHub host.
`),
For a list of authenticated accounts you can run %[1]sgh auth status%[1]s.
`, "`"),
Example: heredoc.Doc(`
# Select what host and account to switch to via a prompt
$ gh auth switch