gh-manifest

A "package lock"-style manifest for declaratively installing gh CLI extensions.

Usage

To save the current list of installed extensions to the manifest, run:

gh manifest save

When saving with the --commit flag (or with the commitOnSave option set to true), manifest will automatically commit the changes to the manifest to whatever git tree is currently tracking it. The commit message can be changed with the --message flag (or with the commitMessage option).

To read and install the list of installed extensions from the manifest, run:

gh manifest restore

Both can be used with --file to specifiy a specific manifest to read from or modify. Otherwise, it will default to a file named manifest in the same directory used by gh. If your extension list is available online as a raw file, you can install from that manifest with:

gh manifest restore --file <(curl -Ns https://example.com)

It's also possible to install this extension and the contents of a manifest without preemptively installing this extension:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ninjack-dev/gh-manifest/refs/heads/main/gh-manifest | bash -s -- install -s

Configuration

gh-manifest has a few configuration options, mostly to permanently enable some flags, which you can set using gh manifest set <key> <value>. See gh manifest --help for the full list of options.

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Feature requests and contributions are welcome!