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.TH "GH-RELEASE-CREATE" "1" "Oct 2022" "" "GitHub CLI manual"

.SH NAME
.PP
gh-release-create - Create a new release


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fB\fCgh release create [<tag>] [<files>...]\fR


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Create a new GitHub Release for a repository.

.PP
A list of asset files may be given to upload to the new release. To define a
display label for an asset, append text starting with \fB\fC#\fR after the file name.

.PP
If a matching git tag does not yet exist, one will automatically get created
from the latest state of the default branch. Use \fB\fC--target\fR to override this.
To fetch the new tag locally after the release, do \fB\fCgit fetch --tags origin\fR\&.

.PP
To create a release from an annotated git tag, first create one locally with
git, push the tag to GitHub, then run this command.

.PP
When using automatically generated release notes, a release title will also be automatically
generated unless a title was explicitly passed. Additional release notes can be prepended to
automatically generated notes by using the notes parameter.


.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\fC--discussion-category\fR \fB\fC<string>\fR
Start a discussion in the specified category

.TP
\fB\fC-d\fR, \fB\fC--draft\fR
Save the release as a draft instead of publishing it

.TP
\fB\fC--generate-notes\fR
Automatically generate title and notes for the release

.TP
\fB\fC-n\fR, \fB\fC--notes\fR \fB\fC<string>\fR
Release notes

.TP
\fB\fC-F\fR, \fB\fC--notes-file\fR \fB\fC<file>\fR
Read release notes from file (use "-" to read from standard input)

.TP
\fB\fC--notes-start-tag\fR \fB\fC<string>\fR
Tag to use as the starting point for generating release notes

.TP
\fB\fC-p\fR, \fB\fC--prerelease\fR
Mark the release as a prerelease

.TP
\fB\fC--target\fR \fB\fC<branch>\fR
Target branch or full commit SHA (default: main branch)

.TP
\fB\fC-t\fR, \fB\fC--title\fR \fB\fC<string>\fR
Release title


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
.TP
\fB\fC-R\fR, \fB\fC--repo\fR \fB\fC<[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>\fR
Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format


.SH EXAMPLE
.PP
.RS

.nf
Interactively create a release
$ gh release create

Interactively create a release from specific tag
$ gh release create v1.2.3

Non-interactively create a release
$ gh release create v1.2.3 --notes "bugfix release"

Use automatically generated release notes
$ gh release create v1.2.3 --generate-notes

Use release notes from a file
$ gh release create v1.2.3 -F changelog.md

Upload all tarballs in a directory as release assets
$ gh release create v1.2.3 ./dist/*.tgz

Upload a release asset with a display label
$ gh release create v1.2.3 '/path/to/asset.zip#My display label'

Create a release and start a discussion
$ gh release create v1.2.3 --discussion-category "General"


.fi
.RE


.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fB\fCgh-release(1)\fR