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Add member to GitHub repo using CLI or REST

I have a private repo that belongs to my organization on GitHub. Is there any way to add members to this repo (or to a team) using GitHub CLI or any other API that allows me to perform this action programmatically?

Solution

  • Add collaborator to repo by CLI:

    # GitHub CLI api
# https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_api

gh api \
  --method PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  /repos/OWNER/REPO/collaborators/USERNAME \
  -f permission='triage'

    See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/collaborators/collaborators?apiVersion=2022-11-28#add-a-repository-collaborator

    Different permission levels can be given by changing the last line, swapping out triage.

    The permission to grant the collaborator. Only valid on organization-owned repositories. We accept the following permissions to be set:

    • pull
    • triage
    • push
    • maintain
    • admin

    and you can also specify a custom repository role name, if the owning organization has defined any.

    Default: push