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description: "Create labels from a file"
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# gt label import

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Create labels from a file

## Synopsis

```text
Create the labels of a label file, one per line: "#color name", optionally followed by
" ;description" and then by the flags in one last field: " ;exclusive", " ;archived" or
" ;exclusive,archived". The description can be left out before the flags, as in
"#7057ff priority/high ;exclusive". gt label export writes this format, and Gitea's label
templates use it. Blank lines and lines starting with "# " or "##" are comments; any other
line must be a valid label. Existing labels are refused unless --force updates them.
```

```
gt label import <file> [flags]
```

## Examples

```
$ gt label import labels.txt
$ gt label export --repo alice/old | gt label import - --repo alice/new
```

## Options

```
  -f, --force   Update labels that exist already
  -h, --help    help for import
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --org organization    Manage the labels of an organization instead of a repository
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt label](../label/index.md): Manage labels