From c5a7bf8f45440488cc596b21ef396c6d02fa6692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raj Hawaldar <rajhawaldar.in@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:13:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Hint adding codespace scope to auth login (#7961)

---
 pkg/cmd/root/root.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/cmd/root/root.go b/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
index 12884198e..353b9836a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/root/root.go
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ func NewCmdRoot(f *cmdutil.Factory, version, buildDate string) (*cobra.Command,
 		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			// require that the user is authenticated before running most commands
 			if cmdutil.IsAuthCheckEnabled(cmd) && !cmdutil.CheckAuth(cfg) {
-				fmt.Fprint(io.ErrOut, authHelp())
+				if cmd.Parent().Use == "codespace" {
+					fmt.Fprintln(io.ErrOut, "To get started with GitHub CLI, please run:  gh auth login -s codespace")
+				} else {
+					fmt.Fprint(io.ErrOut, authHelp())
+				}
 				return &AuthError{}
 			}
 			return nil