ghpr comment reply

NAME

ghpr comment reply - reply to a specific comment thread

SYNOPSIS

ghpr comment reply <pr> <comment-id> [text] [options]

DESCRIPTION

Post a reply to an existing review comment thread. The reply text can be provided as a positional argument or read from stdin, making it suitable for both interactive use and scripted workflows.

ARGUMENTS

Argument	Required	Description
`<pr>`	Yes	Pull request number
`<comment-id>`	Yes	Numeric comment ID (from `comment list` output)
`[text]`	No	Reply text (reads from stdin if not provided)

OPTIONS

Option	Description
`-t, --token <token>`	GitHub personal access token
`-r, --repo <owner/repo>`	Repository in owner/repo format

EXIT CODES

Code	Meaning
`0`	Reply posted successfully
`3`	Error (API error, auth error, empty text)

INPUT

Reply text can be provided via:

Positional argument - Inline with the command
Stdin pipe - From echo, cat, or other commands
File redirect - From a file

Text is trimmed before posting. Empty text is rejected.

EXAMPLES

Inline Reply

ghpr comment reply 123 12345678 "Fixed in latest commit"

Acknowledge Comment

ghpr comment reply 123 12345678 "Will address in follow-up PR"

Reply from Stdin

echo "Acknowledged" | ghpr comment reply 123 12345678

Reply from File

cat response.txt | ghpr comment reply 123 12345678

Multi-line Reply

ghpr comment reply 123 12345678 "Good catch!

I've updated the code to handle this edge case.
See commit abc1234."

Reply and Resolve

# Get both IDs from comment list
COMMENT_ID=12345678
THREAD_ID=PRRT_abc123...

ghpr comment reply 123 $COMMENT_ID "Fixed!"
ghpr comment resolve 123 $THREAD_ID

NOTES

Must use the numeric comment ID, not the PRRT_ prefixed thread ID
The comment ID is shown in ghpr comment list output
To resolve a thread after replying, use ghpr comment resolve with the thread ID