Dockerized github cli

Simple container running in alpine Linux to run the github cli seamlessly for use anywhere

Very useful in projects using docker in their CI processes

Github Repo

https://github.com/maniator/gh

Docker image tags

https://hub.docker.com/r/maniator/gh/tags/

Tagging scheme:

• latest — newest gh release on a current, security-patched base. Moves over time.
• v2, v2.95 (rolling major / major.minor) — newest patch of that line, rebuilt on a patched base. Pin one of these if you want a stable gh line that still receives base-image security updates.
• v2.95.0 (fully-qualified) — a fixed gh version. The most recent few releases are periodically rebuilt on a patched base for security; older versions stay frozen exactly as first published (so long-standing reproducible pins don't shift OS underneath them). If you always want the newest patched build for a release line, pin a rolling tag (v2.95 / v2) instead.

Usage

docker run -it --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/gh -e GITHUB_TOKEN=<token> maniator/gh <command>

Optional alias:

alias gh="docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/gh maniator/gh"

for example, if you need clone this repository, with the alias you just set, you can run it as local command

gh repo clone serveside/gh

Kubernetes usage

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: containers-images
        image: images-names:v1.0.0
        volumeMounts:
          - name: vc-theme
            mountPath: /opt/themes/custom
      initContainers:
        - name: git
          image: maniator/gh:latest
          env:
            - name: GITHUB_TOKEN
              value: "ghp_xxxxxxxxx"
          command: ["sh", "-c"]
          args: ["gh auth setup-git --hostname github.com && git clone https://github.com/username/theme.git"]
          volumeMounts:
            - name: vc-theme
              mountPath: /gh/theme
      volumes:
        - name: vc-theme
          emptyDir: {}