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Track bugs, features, and tasks with wit issue. Create, view, and manage issues without leaving your terminal.
Issue commands require a wit server. Start one with wit serve or connect to an existing wit platform.

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Quick Start

# Create an issue
wit issue create "Bug: Login button not working"

# List open issues
wit issue list

# View issue details
wit issue view 42

# Close an issue
wit issue close 42

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Command Reference

wit issue <command> [options]
CommandDescription
createCreate a new issue
listList issues
view <number>View issue details
close <number>Close an issue
reopen <number>Reopen a closed issue
comment <number>Add a comment

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Creating Issues

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Basic Usage

# Create with title as argument
wit issue create "Bug: Login button not working"

# Create with title flag
wit issue create -t "Feature request: Dark mode"

# With description
wit issue create -t "Add dark mode" -m "Users have requested a dark theme option"

# With labels
wit issue create -t "Bug: Crash on startup" -l "bug,critical"

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Options

OptionDescription
-t, --title <title>Issue title
-m, --body <text>Issue description
-l, --labels <labels>Comma-separated labels

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Example Output

Creating issue: Bug: Login button not working

✓ Created issue #15
  http://localhost:3000/myuser/myproject/issues/15

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Listing Issues

# List open issues (default)
wit issue list

# List closed issues
wit issue list --state closed

# List all issues
wit issue list --state all

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Example Output

Open issues:

● #15 Bug: Login button not working
  by alice on 1/15/2024
  Labels: bug, high-priority

● #12 Feature: Add dark mode
  by bob on 1/10/2024
  Labels: enhancement

● #8 Documentation needs update
  by charlie on 1/5/2024
The status indicator shows:
  • 🟢 ● Green = Open
  • 🔴 ● Red = Closed

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Viewing Issue Details

wit issue view 15

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Example Output

[OPEN] Bug: Login button not working #15
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Author:  alice
Created: 1/15/2024
Labels:  bug, high-priority

The login button on the homepage doesn't respond to clicks.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to the homepage
2. Click the "Login" button
3. Nothing happens

Expected: Should open login modal

View online: http://localhost:3000/myuser/myproject/issues/15

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Adding Comments

# Add a comment to an issue
wit issue comment 15 "I can reproduce this on Chrome 120"

# Longer comments
wit issue comment 15 "Fixed in commit abc123. The click handler was missing."

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Example Output

✓ Added comment to issue #15

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Closing and Reopening

# Close an issue
wit issue close 15

# Reopen a closed issue
wit issue reopen 15

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Example Output

✓ Closed issue #15

✓ Reopened issue #15

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Complete Workflow Example

# 1. Create an issue for a bug
wit issue create -t "Bug: API returns 500 error" -m "When calling /api/users, getting 500 error" -l "bug"

# Output: ✓ Created issue #20

# 2. Create a branch to fix it
wit switch -c fix-api-error

# 3. Make the fix
# ... edit files ...
wit add .
wit commit -m "Fix API error handling"

# 4. Add a comment with the fix
wit issue comment 20 "Fixed in branch fix-api-error"

# 5. Create a PR
wit pr create -t "Fix API error handling"

# 6. After PR is merged, close the issue
wit issue close 20

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Linking Issues and PRs

Reference issues in commit messages and PR descriptions: 
# In commit message
wit commit -m "Fix login button - closes #15"

# The PR description can reference the issue
wit pr create -t "Fix login button" -m "Fixes #15 by adding click handler"

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Error Handling

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Missing Title

error: Issue title required
usage: wit issue create "Title here"
   or: wit issue create -t "Title here"

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No Remote Origin

error: No remote origin configured
hint: Add a remote with: wit remote add origin <url>
hint: Or clone from a remote repository

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Server Not Running

error: Failed to connect to server
hint: Start the server with: wit serve

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Issue Not Found

error: Issue #999 not found

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API Usage

Use issues programmatically via the tRPC API: 
import { getApiClient } from 'wit/api';

const api = getApiClient();

// Create an issue
const issue = await api.issues.create('owner', 'repo', {
  title: 'Bug report',
  body: 'Description here',
  labels: ['bug'],
});

// List issues
const issues = await api.issues.list('owner', 'repo', { state: 'open' });

// Add comment
await api.issues.addComment('owner', 'repo', 15, 'This is fixed now');

// Close
await api.issues.close('owner', 'repo', 15);

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Environment Variables

VariableDescription
WIT_SERVER_URLServer URL (default: http://localhost:3000)
WIT_API_TOKENAuthentication token

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Tips

Quick issue creation: Use the positional argument for fast issue creation:
wit issue create "Quick bug report"
Labels: Define labels in your repository settings, then use them when creating issues:
wit issue create -t "New feature" -l "enhancement,v2.0"
Closing via commits: Use keywords in commit messages to auto-close issues:
  • closes #15
  • fixes #15
  • resolves #15

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Next Steps

Pull Requests

Create and manage PRs

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