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Add-GitHubAssignee

SYNOPSIS

Adds a list of assignees to a GitHub Issue for the given repository.

SYNTAX

Elements (Default)

Add-GitHubAssignee [-OwnerName <String>] [-RepositoryName <String>] -Issue <Int64> -Assignee <String[]>
 [-PassThru] [-AccessToken <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Uri

Add-GitHubAssignee -Uri <String> -Issue <Int64> -Assignee <String[]> [-PassThru] [-AccessToken <String>]
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Adds a list of assignees to a GitHub Issue for the given repository.

The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

$assignees = @('octocat')
Add-GitHubAssignee -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -Issue 1 -Assignee $assignee

Additionally assigns the usernames in $assignee to Issue #1 from the microsoft\PowerShellForGitHub project.

EXAMPLE 2

$assignees = @('octocat')
$repo = Get-GitHubRepository -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub
$repo | Add-GitHubAssignee -Issue 1 -Assignee $assignee

Additionally assigns the usernames in $assignee to Issue #1 from the microsoft\PowerShellForGitHub project.

EXAMPLE 3

$assignees = @('octocat')
Get-GitHubRepository -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub |
    Get-GitHubIssue -Issue 1 |
    Add-GitHubAssignee -Assignee $assignee

Additionally assigns the usernames in $assignee to Issue #1 from the microsoft\PowerShellForGitHub project.

EXAMPLE 4

$octocat = Get-GitHubUser -UserName 'octocat'
$octocat | Add-GitHubAssignee -OwnerName microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -Issue 1

Additionally assigns the user 'octocat' to Issue #1 from the microsoft\PowerShellForGitHub project.

PARAMETERS

-AccessToken

If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the REST Api. Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Assignee

Usernames of users to assign this issue to.

NOTE: Only users with push access can add assignees to an issue. Assignees are silently ignored otherwise.

Type: System.String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: UserName

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Issue

Issue number to add the assignees to.

Type: System.Int64
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: IssueNumber

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-OwnerName

Owner of the repository. If not supplied here, the DefaultOwnerName configuration property value will be used.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Elements
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PassThru

Returns the updated GitHub Issue. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output. You can use "Set-GitHubConfiguration -DefaultPassThru" to control the default behavior of this switch.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RepositoryName

Name of the repository. If not supplied here, the DefaultRepositoryName configuration property value will be used.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Elements
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Uri

Uri for the repository. The OwnerName and RepositoryName will be extracted from here instead of needing to provide them individually.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Uri
Aliases: RepositoryUrl

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

GitHub.Branch

GitHub.Content

GitHub.Event

GitHub.Issue

GitHub.IssueComment

GitHub.Label

GitHub.Milestone

GitHub.PullRequest

GitHub.Project

GitHub.ProjectCard

GitHub.ProjectColumn

GitHub.Reaction

GitHub.Release

GitHub.ReleaseAsset

GitHub.Repository

GitHub.User

OUTPUTS

GitHub.Issue

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

PowerShellForGitHub

Docs

PowerShellForGitHub

Functions

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