tea-cli

Apps & Automation

Use when interacting with Gitea via command line - managing issues, PRs, releases, repos, or any git forge operations with tea CLI

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Tea CLI for Gitea

Overview

Tea is the official CLI for Gitea. Use it for quick operations, scripting, and CI/CD workflows. For complex automation or custom integrations, use the gitea:go-sdk skill instead.

Quick Setup

# Install
brew install tea  # or: go install code.gitea.io/tea@latest

# Authenticate
tea login add --name myserver --url https://gitea.example.com --token YOUR_TOKEN

See references/authentication.md for detailed auth options.

Quick Reference

Task	Command
Issues
List issues	`tea issues`
Create issue	`tea issues create --title "Bug" --body "Details"`
Close issue	`tea issues close 123`
Pull Requests
List PRs	`tea pr`
Create PR	`tea pr create --head feature --base main`
Checkout PR	`tea pr checkout 45`
Merge PR	`tea pr merge 45`
Review PR	`tea pr review 45 --approve`
Releases
List releases	`tea releases`
Create release	`tea release create --tag v1.0.0 --title "Release"`
Upload asset	`tea release assets create --tag v1.0.0 FILE`
Repos
List repos	`tea repos`
Create repo	`tea repos create --name myrepo`
Clone repo	`tea clone owner/repo`
Fork repo	`tea repos fork owner/repo`

Command Categories

See references/commands.md for complete command reference:

Issues & comments
Pull requests & reviews
Releases & assets
Repositories & branches
Labels, milestones, organizations
Webhooks, notifications, time tracking
Actions (secrets/variables)

Common Workflows

See references/workflows.md for patterns:

Feature branch to merged PR
Release with assets
Issue triage
Multi-instance management

Output Formats

tea issues --output json    # JSON
tea issues --output yaml    # YAML
tea issues --output csv     # CSV
tea issues --output simple  # Plain text

Repository Context

Tea auto-detects repo from current directory's git remote. Override with:

tea issues --repo owner/repo
tea issues --login myserver  # specific Gitea instance

Common Mistakes

Problem	Solution
"not logged in"	Run `tea login add` first
Wrong repo context	Use `--repo owner/repo` flag
Can't find PR	Check `--state` flag (open/closed/all)
Token expired	Re-run `tea login add` with new token