---
title: '`glab config edit`'
stage: Create
group: Code Review
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Opens the glab configuration file.

## Synopsis

Opens the glab configuration file.
The command uses the following order when choosing the editor to use:

1. 'glab_editor' field in the configuration file
2. 'VISUAL' environment variable
3. 'EDITOR' environment variable

```plaintext
glab config edit [flags]
```

## Examples

```console
# Open the configuration file with the default editor
glab config edit

# Open the configuration file with vim
EDITOR=vim glab config edit

# Set vim to be used for all future 'glab config edit' invocations
glab config set editor vim
glab config edit

# Open the local configuration file with the default editor
glab config edit -l
```

## Options

```plaintext
  -l, --local   Open '.git/glab-cli/config.yml' file instead of the global '~/.config/glab-cli/config.yml' file.
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```plaintext
  -h, --help   Show help for this command.
```
