# GitHub CLI 2.25.0

DevFeed: [GitHub CLI 2.25.0](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/github-cli-2-25-0-75249.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.25.0>)

Published: 2023-03-20T23:20:34Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-cli.md>)

Topics: [GitHub CLI extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gh-extension.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [environment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-cli.md>), [variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/variables.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub CLI 2.25.0 adds commands to set, list, and delete repository and organization variables. The release also introduces a `--force` flag for extension installation and includes updates to authentication, repository, pull request, search, and prompt testing behavior.

## Source excerpt

## What's New * New suit of commands for working with Repository and Organization variables * `variable set` by @atirikt in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/6928 * `variable list` by @atirikt in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/6995 * `variable delete` by @atirikt in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/6929 * `ext install`: Introduce new `--force` flag by @heaths in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7173 ## What's Changed * `browse`: Improve documentation and consistency of the `--commit` flag by @alex-petrov-vt in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7105 * `repo sync`: Ensure `git fetch` is always authenticated by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7139 * `repo delete`: Don't delete repos that have transfered ownership by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7106 * `auth`: Skip searching keyring when checking for environment tokens by @benjlevesque in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7169 * `auth refresh`: Improve documentation of `--scopes` flag behavior by @alex-petrov-vt in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7132 * `pr status`: Hide "current branch" when using `--repo` flag by @jtpetty in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7180 * `repo archive`: Change to use Prompter package by @Ruminateer in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7083 * `search`: Fix multiword keyword quoting by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7170 * Replace deprecated command with environment file by @jongwooo in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7195 * New prompt testing utility by @vilmibm in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7116 * Use transform.Transformer interface for ascii sanitization by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7117 * Only replace control sequences by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7168 * Tech debt cleanup for variable and secret commands by @samcoe in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7151 * Bump actions/setup-go from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/7177 ## New Contributors * @atirikt made their first contribution in https://github.com