1GH-AUTH-REFRESH(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-AUTH-REFRESH(1)
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6 gh-auth-refresh - Refresh stored authentication credentials
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11 gh auth refresh [flags]
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16 Expand or fix the permission scopes for stored credentials.
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19 The --scopes flag accepts a comma separated list of scopes you want
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24 The --remove-scopes flag accepts a comma separated list of scopes you
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26 The minimum set of scopes ("repo", "read:org" and "gist") cannot be re‐
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30 The --reset-scopes flag resets the scopes for your gh credentials to
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37 The GitHub host to use for authentication
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41 Save authentication credentials in plain text instead of creden‐
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45 -r, --remove-scopes <strings>
46 Authentication scopes to remove from gh
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50 Reset authentication scopes to the default minimum set of scopes
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54 Additional authentication scopes for gh to have
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59 $ gh auth refresh --scopes write:org,read:public_key
60 # => open a browser to add write:org and read:public_key scopes
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63 # => open a browser to ensure your authentication credentials have the correct minimum scopes
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68 $ gh auth refresh --reset-scopes
69 # => open a browser to re-authenticate with the default minimum scopes
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