Login with a web browser on headless machine #5500
Description
Describe the feature or problem you’d like to solve
If I have no browser installed I should still be able to run gh auth login and select Login with a web browser as I can open the URL on another machine.
Proposed solution
$ gh auth login
? What account do you want to log into? GitHub.com
- Logging into github.com
? How would you like to authenticate? Login with a web browser
! First copy your one-time code: XXXX-XXXX
No browser detected, please visit following URL:
https://github.com/cli-auth
How will it benefit CLI and its users?
A lot of people use headless machines to do their work. This would make the login process simplier for those.
Additional context
The current status looks like this:
$ gh auth login
? What account do you want to log into? GitHub.com
- Logging into github.com
? How would you like to authenticate? Login with a web browser
! First copy your one-time code: 36A4-6DE3
- Press Enter to open github.com in your browser...
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 871: www-browser: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 871: links2: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 871: elinks: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 871: links: command not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: line 871: lynx: command not found