Environment variables

None are required. Flags win over variables.

gh-select

Variable	Default	Effect
`GH_SELECT_CLONE_DIR`	current directory	same as `--dir`
`GH_SELECT_DOWNLOAD_DIR`	current directory	same as `--download-dir`
`GH_SELECT_THEME`	saved theme, then `gruvbox`	same as `--theme`
`GH_SELECT_BORDER`	`none`	same as `--border`
`GH_SELECT_ICONS`	`nerd`	same as `--icons`
`GH_SELECT_TRANSPARENT`	unset	any non-empty value is the same as `--transparent`
`GH_SELECT_SCAN_DIRS`	unset	directories searched first for existing clones, separated like `PATH`
`GH_SELECT_CACHE_TTL`	`1800`	seconds before the repo cache is stale. `0` makes it always stale. A non-number or negative value falls back to `1800`
`GH_SELECT_NO_UPDATE_CHECK`	unset	any non-empty value skips the daily check for a newer release

GH_SELECT_CLONE_DIR, GH_SELECT_DOWNLOAD_DIR and every entry of GH_SELECT_SCAN_DIRS expand a leading ~.

Variable	Effect
`NO_COLOR`	any non-empty value turns off color in help and error output
`CI`	any non-empty value turns off the update check
`VISUAL`, `EDITOR`	the editor for Open in editor, `VISUAL` first. Flags are allowed, as in `code -w`
`XDG_CONFIG_HOME`	base for the config directory, `~/.config` when unset
`XDG_CACHE_HOME`	base for the cache directory, `~/.cache` when unset

The GitHub token is not a variable. It comes from gh auth login. See how it works.

sh~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

export GH_SELECT_CLONE_DIR=~/dev
export GH_SELECT_SCAN_DIRS=~/work:~/oss
export GH_SELECT_THEME=tokyonight
export GH_SELECT_CACHE_TTL=3600

sh~/.config/fish/config.fish

set -gx GH_SELECT_CLONE_DIR ~/dev
set -gx GH_SELECT_SCAN_DIRS ~/work:~/oss