| name | glab-variable |
| description | Manage CI/CD variables at project and group level including create, update, import, export, list, and delete operations. Use when setting environment variables for pipelines, managing secrets, migrating variables, or configuring CI/CD variables. Triggers on variable, CI variable, environment variable, secrets, variable import, CI/CD config. |
glab variable
Overview
Variables store configuration and secrets used by CI/CD pipelines.
Each subcommand acts on the current project by default. Use
`--group` to manage a group's variables instead.
USAGE
glab variable [command] [--flags]
COMMANDS
delete <key> [--flags] Delete a variable for a project or group.
export [--flags] Export variables from a project or group.
get <key> [--flags] Get a variable for a project or group.
import [--flags] Import variables from a JSON file or standard input.
list [--flags] List variables for a project or group.
set <key> <value> [--flags] Create a new variable for a project or group.
update <key> <value> [--flags] Update an existing variable for a project or group.
FLAGS
-h --help Show help for this command.
-R --repo Select another repository. Can use either `OWNER/REPO` or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL.
Quick start
glab variable --help
Export and import variables
glab variable import consumes the same JSON array shape emitted by glab variable export --output json. It reads standard input by default or a file passed with --input-file / -i.
glab variable --output json > variables.json
glab variable import --input-file variables.json -R group/target-project
glab variable --group source-group |
glab variable import --group target-group
glab variable import --input-file variables.json --skip-existing
