gh-milestone-manager

December 13, 2025 · View on GitHub

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A GitHub CLI extension for comprehensive milestone management.

No more gh api workarounds! Manage GitHub milestones with intuitive commands, beautiful formatting, and full CRUD operations.

Features

✨ Full CRUD Operations - Create, read, update, and delete milestones 📊 Beautiful Formatting - Table and JSON output with progress indicators 🔍 Flexible Queries - Find milestones by number or title 📅 Due Date Management - Set and update milestone deadlines 🎯 State Management - Quick close/reopen commands 🔄 Multi-Repository - Work across different repos with --repo flag

Why This Extension?

The GitHub CLI doesn't provide native milestone commands, requiring users to use raw REST API calls for all milestone operations. This extension provides intuitive, full-featured milestone management.

Installation

gh extension install scttfrdmn/gh-milestone-manager

Quick Start

# List all open milestones
gh milestone list

# Create a new milestone
gh milestone create --title "v1.0.0" --due-date "2025-12-31"

# View milestone details
gh milestone view 1

# Close a milestone
gh milestone close 1

Commands

Create Milestone

gh milestone create "v1.0.0" \
  --title "Version 1.0.0 Release" \
  --description "First stable release" \
  --due-date "2025-12-31"

Flags:

  • --title / -t (required): Milestone title
  • --description / -d: Description
  • --due-date: Due date (YYYY-MM-DD format)
  • --state: open (default) or closed
  • --repo / -R: Target repository (default: current repo)

List Milestones

gh milestone list
gh milestone list --state closed
gh milestone list --state all

Flags:

  • --state / -s: Filter by state (open, closed, all) - default: open
  • --sort: Sort by (due-on, completeness, title) - default: due-on
  • --json: Output JSON
  • --repo / -R: Target repository

View Milestone

gh milestone view 1
gh milestone view "v1.0.0"

View detailed information about a milestone including progress and issue list.

Edit Milestone

gh milestone edit 1 --title "v1.0.0 - Updated Title"
gh milestone edit 1 --due-date "2026-01-15"
gh milestone edit 1 --state closed

Flags:

  • --title / -t: Update title
  • --description / -d: Update description
  • --due-date: Update due date
  • --state: Update state (open or closed)

Close/Reopen Milestone

gh milestone close 1
gh milestone reopen 1

Convenient shortcuts for changing milestone state.

Delete Milestone

gh milestone delete 1
gh milestone delete 1 --yes  # Skip confirmation

Development

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.21 or later
  • GitHub CLI (gh) installed

Local Installation

git clone https://github.com/scttfrdmn/gh-milestone-manager.git
cd gh-milestone-manager
go build
gh extension install .

Testing

# Test the extension locally
gh milestone list

# Run Go tests
go test ./...

Building

# Build for current platform
go build -o gh-milestone

# Cross-compile for release (done automatically by GitHub Actions)
GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o gh-milestone-linux-amd64
GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o gh-milestone-darwin-amd64
GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -o gh-milestone-darwin-arm64
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o gh-milestone-windows-amd64.exe

Architecture

gh-milestone-manager/
├── main.go              # Entry point and CLI setup
├── cmd/                 # Command implementations
│   ├── create.go
│   ├── list.go
│   ├── view.go
│   ├── edit.go
│   └── delete.go
├── pkg/
│   ├── api/            # GitHub API client wrapper
│   └── format/         # Output formatting (tables, JSON)
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── release.yml  # Automated cross-platform builds

Release Process

  1. Update version in code
  2. Commit changes: git commit -am "Release v1.0.0"
  3. Create tag: git tag v1.0.0
  4. Push tag: git push --tags
  5. GitHub Actions automatically builds cross-platform binaries and creates release

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please:

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch
  3. Make your changes with tests
  4. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Background

This extension was created because GitHub CLI maintainers decided not to include native milestone commands in the core CLI, preferring users create extensions for this functionality.

The design is based on comprehensive real-world experience setting up GitHub projects.