Scriptability

Make choices that ensure that creating automations or scripts with GitHub commands is obvious and frictionless. Practically, this means:

• Create flags for anything interactive
• Ensure flags have clear language and defaults
• Consider what should be different for terminal vs machine output

In terminal

Through pipe

Differences to note in machine output

• No color or styling
• State is explicitly written, not implied from color
• Tabs between columns instead of table layout, since cut uses tabs as a delimiter
• No truncation
• Exact date format
• No header

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Last edited by ampinsk on August 5, 2020