overthinkos/gh
ov-layers/skills/gh/SKILL.md
GitHub CLI, git, and git-lfs — the single-responsibility home for all git/GitHub tooling as of 2026-04. Ships the noscripts + post-install dance for git-lfs so the RPM's systemd trigger doesn't fail at build time. Use when composing git + gh + git-lfs into an image, or when deciding which layer should own a git-related binary.
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Updated Apr 24, 2026
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skillsauthnpx skillsauth add overthinkos/overthink-plugins ghInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- gh
- description:
- |
gh -- GitHub CLI + git + git-lfs
Layer Properties
| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Install files | layer.yml (packages + one post-install task) |
| Depends | (none) |
Packages
- RPM (with
--setopt=tsflags=noscripts):gh,git,git-lfs - pac:
github-cli,git,git-lfs
Why tsflags=noscripts + a post-install task
The git-lfs RPM's %post scriptlet runs git-lfs install --system
which tries to modify /etc/ and talk to systemd — operations that
fail (loudly or silently) inside a buildah container. Per the same
pattern dev-tools used to carry, we install with noscripts and then
run the git-lfs hook configuration manually:
tasks:
- cmd: /usr/bin/git-lfs install --system --skip-repo 2>/dev/null || true
user: root
The || true tolerates distros/versions where the command layout
differs; --skip-repo prevents git-lfs from trying to touch a repo
that doesn't exist in the build container.
Single-responsibility split (2026-04)
Previously /ov-layers:dev-tools ALSO installed gh and git-lfs
— two layers with overlapping responsibility, duplicate test ids
(gh-binary collision), and unclear ownership ("which layer do I
look at to update the git-lfs version?"). In 2026-04 the git tooling
was moved exclusively here; dev-tools dropped gh, git-lfs, and
the git-lfs post-install task.
Effect for layer authors: anywhere an image previously got git
tooling via dev-tools, it now needs to compose gh explicitly.
The four power-user images (arch-ov, fedora-ov, fedora-coder,
githubrunner via the ov-full chain) already list gh
explicitly so they were unaffected.
Tests
Six build-scope tests:
| Test | Purpose |
|---|---|
| gh-binary | /usr/bin/gh exists |
| gh-version | gh --version exits 0 |
| git-binary | /usr/bin/git exists |
| git-version | git --version exits 0 |
| git-lfs-binary | /usr/bin/git-lfs exists |
| git-lfs-version | git-lfs --version exits 0 |
Cross-distro coverage
rpm: (Fedora — from the github-cli COPR / community repo), pac: (Arch — github-cli from extra), deb: (Debian/Ubuntu — adds https://cli.github.com/packages as an apt repo with signed-by key; ships gh, git, git-lfs). Full parity across all three package families.
Usage
# image.yml or layer.yml
layers:
- gh
Used In Images
/ov-images:arch-ov,/ov-images:fedora-ov,/ov-images:fedora-coder— power-user images that compose gh explicitly/ov-images:selkies-desktop-ov— streaming-desktop sibling- Any image composing
hermes-full
Related Layers
/ov-layers:dev-tools— no longer installs git/gh/git-lfs (2026-04 split)/ov-layers:agent-forwarding— pairs with gh for SSH/GPG agent access (you usually want both when driving gh from inside a container with the host's GPG keys forwarded)/ov-layers:github-runner— self-hosted Actions runner; different layer, different purpose/ov-layers:github-actions— installsact+actionlintfor local Actions testing; also different from this layer
Related Commands
/ov:secrets— provisionGITHUB_TOKENforgh auth login/ov:shell— run gh interactively inside a container
When to Use This Skill
MUST be invoked when:
- Adding git or GitHub CLI access to an image (compose this layer —
DO NOT add
gh,git, orgit-lfsto any other layer's packages). - Debugging why
git-lfs installfails at build time (the noscripts + post-install pattern here is the fix). - Understanding why
/ov-layers:dev-toolsno longer installs gh (the 2026-04 single-responsibility split lives here).
Related
/ov:layer— layer authoring reference (layer.ymlschema, task verbs, service declarations)/ov:test— declarative testing (tests:block,ov image test,ov test)
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