`glab variable update`

Update an existing variable for a project or group.

Synopsis

You can pass the variable value from standard input. Use --group to update a variable for a group instead of the current project. The --scope flag does not apply to group variables.

glab variable update <key> <value> [flags]

Examples

glab variable update WITH_ARG "some value"
glab variable update FROM_FLAG -v "some value"
glab variable update FROM_ENV_WITH_ARG "${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable update FROM_ENV_WITH_FLAG -v"${ENV_VAR}"
glab variable update FROM_FILE < secret.txt
cat file.txt | glab variable update SERVER_TOKEN
cat token.txt | glab variable update GROUP_TOKEN -g mygroup --scope=prod

Options

  -d, --description string   Set description of a variable.
  -g, --group string         Set variable for a group.
  -m, --masked               Whether the variable is masked.
  -p, --protected            Whether the variable is protected.
  -r, --raw                  Whether the variable is treated as a raw string.
  -s, --scope string         The environment_scope of the variable. Values: all (*), or specific environments. (default "*")
  -t, --type string          The type of a variable: env_var, file. (default "env_var")
  -v, --value string         The value of a variable.

Options inherited from parent commands

  -h, --help          Show help for this command.
  -R, --repo string   Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.