Ubuntu Manpage: hub - make git easier with GitHub

NAME

       hub - make git easier with GitHub

SYNOPSIS

       hub [--noop] COMMAND [OPTIONS]
       hub alias [-s] [SHELL]
       hub help hub-COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

       Hub  is  a  tool  that wraps git in order to extend it with extra functionality that makes it better when
       working with GitHub.

COMMANDS

       Available commands are split into two groups: those that are already present in git but that are extended
       through hub, and custom ones that hub provides.

   Extended git commands
       hub-am(1)
              Replicate commits from a GitHub pull request locally.

       hub-apply(1)
              Download a patch from GitHub and apply it locally.

       hub-checkout(1)
              Check out the head of a pull request as a local branch.

       hub-cherry-pick(1)
              Cherry-pick a commit from a fork on GitHub.

       hub-clone(1)
              Clone a repository from GitHub.

       hub-fetch(1)
              Add missing remotes prior to performing git fetch.

       hub-init(1)
              Initialize a git repository and add a remote pointing to GitHub.

       hub-merge(1)
              Merge a pull request locally with a message like the GitHub Merge Button.

       hub-push(1)
              Push a git branch to each of the listed remotes.

       hub-remote(1)
              Add a git remote for a GitHub repository.

       hub-submodule(1)
              Add a git submodule for a GitHub repository.

   New commands provided by hub
       hub-alias(1)
              Show shell instructions for wrapping git.

       hub-browse(1)
              Open a GitHub repository in a web browser.

       hub-ci-status(1)
              Display GitHub Status information for a commit.

       hub-compare(1)
              Open a GitHub compare page in a web browser.

       hub-create(1)
              Create a new repository on GitHub and add a git remote for it.

       hub-delete(1)
              Delete a repository on GitHub.

       hub-fork(1)
              Fork the current project on GitHub and add a git remote for it.

       hub-pull-request(1)
              Create a GitHub pull request.

       hub-pr(1)
              List and checkout GitHub pull requests.

       hub-issue(1)
              List and create GitHub issues.

       hub-release(1)
              List and create GitHub releases.

       hub-sync(1)
              Fetch from upstream and update local branches.

CONVENTIONS

Most hub commands are supposed to be run in a context of an existing local git repository. Hub will
automatically detect the GitHub repository the current project belongs to by scanning its git remotes.

In case there are multiple git remotes that are all pointing to GitHub, hub assumes that the main one is
named "upstream", "github", or "origin", in that order of preference.

When working with forks, it´s recommended that the git remote for your own fork is named "origin" and
that the git remote for the upstream repository is named "upstream". See
https://help.github.com/articles/configuring-a-remote-for-a-fork/

The default branch (usually "master") for the project is detected like so:

git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD

where origin is the name of the git remote for the upstream repository.

The destination where the currently checked out branch is considered to be pushed to depends on the git
config push.default setting. If the value is "upstream" or "tracking", the tracking information for a
branch is read like so:

git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name BRANCH@{upstream}

Otherwise, hub scans git remotes to find the first one for which refs/remotes/REMOTE/BRANCH exists. The
"origin", "github", and "upstream" remotes are searched last because hub assumes that it´s more likely
that the current branch is pushed to your fork rather than to the canonical repo.

CONFIGURATION

GitHub OAuth authentication
Hub will prompt for GitHub username & password the first time it needs to access the API and exchange it
for an OAuth token, which it saves in ~/.config/hub.

To avoid being prompted, use GITHUB_USER and GITHUB_PASSWORD environment variables.

Alternatively, you may provide GITHUB_TOKEN, an access token with repo permissions. This will not be
written to ~/.config/hub.

HTTPS instead of git protocol
If you prefer the HTTPS protocol for git operations, you can configure hub to generate all URLs with
https: instead of git: or ssh::

$ git config --global hub.protocol https

This will affect clone, fork, remote add and other hub commands that expand shorthand references to
GitHub repo URLs.

GitHub Enterprise
By default, hub will only work with repositories that have remotes which point to github.com. GitHub
Enterprise hosts need to be whitelisted to configure hub to treat such remotes same as github.com:

$ git config --global --add hub.host MY.GIT.ORG

The default host for commands like init and clone is still github.com, but this can be affected with the
GITHUB_HOST environment variable:

$ GITHUB_HOST=my.git.org git clone myproject

Environment variables
HUB_VERBOSE
Enable verbose output from hub commands.

HUB_CONFIG
The file path where hub configuration is read from and stored. If XDG_CONFIG_HOME is present, the
default is $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hub; otherwise it´s $HOME/.config/hub. The configuration file is also
searched for in XDG_CONFIG_DIRS per XDG Base Directory Specification.

HUB_PROTOCOL
Use one of "https|ssh|git" as preferred protocol for git clone/push.

GITHUB_TOKEN
OAuth token to use for GitHub API requests.

BUGS

       https://github.com/github/hub/issues

AUTHORS

       https://github.com/github/hub/contributors