Export Options

Detailed documentation for all available export options in the GitHub Extractor CLI.

Data Types

The CLI supports exporting various GitHub data types:

Pull Requests

Export pull requests with full details including:

• Title and description
• Author and assignees
• Status (open, closed, merged)
• Labels and milestones
• Comments and review comments
• Commits and changed files

Issues

Export issues with complete information:

• Title and body
• Author and assignees
• State (open, closed)
• Labels and milestones
• Comments
• Reactions

Commits

Export commit history with:

• Commit message and author
• Timestamp and SHA
• Changed files and diffs
• Associated pull requests

Branches

Export branch information:

• Branch name
• Last commit SHA and message
• Creation date
• Protection status

Releases

Export release information:

• Tag name and release title
• Description
• Publication date
• Assets and download URLs

Filtering Options

Date Range

Filter exports by date range:

ghextractor --since 2023-01-01 --until 2023-12-31

Specific Items

Export specific items by ID:

ghextractor --pull-requests 123,456 --issues 789

Performance Options

Rate Limiting

Control API rate limiting:

ghextractor --rate-limit 2000  # 2 second delay between requests

Caching

Enable/disable caching:

ghextractor --no-cache  # Disable caching

Concurrency

Control concurrent requests:

ghextractor --concurrency 5  # Maximum 5 concurrent requests

Incremental Exports (Diff Mode)

Export only new or updated items since the last export:

ghextractor --diff  # Enable incremental export mode
ghextractor --diff --force-full  # Force full export even with diff mode

With diff mode enabled, subsequent exports will only fetch items updated since the last export, reducing API calls by 80-95% and making exports 10x faster for large repositories.