From f6f6863152756034946a8f956918f2982665eb0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@oddbit.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:49:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Allow ticket to read description from stdin

If the argument to --description is "-", read the description
from stdin.
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 ticket    | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d7017e5..3c00ac5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Usage: tk <command> [args]
 
 Commands:
   create [title] [options] Create ticket, prints ID
-    -d, --description      Description text
+    -d, --description      Description text, or - to read from stdin
     --design               Design notes
     --acceptance           Acceptance criteria
     -t, --type             Type (bug|feature|task|epic|chore) [default: task]
diff --git a/ticket b/ticket
index ff27aae2..5d8818b8 100755
--- a/ticket
+++ b/ticket
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ cmd_create() {
         esac
     done
 
+    if [[ $description = "-" ]]; then
+        description="$(< /dev/stdin)"
+    fi
+
     # Validate and resolve parent if specified
     if [[ -n "$parent" ]]; then
         local parent_file
@@ -1300,7 +1304,7 @@ Usage: $cmd <command> [args]
 
 Commands:
   create [title] [options] Create ticket, prints ID
-    -d, --description      Description text
+    -d, --description      Description text (or "-" to read from stdin)
     --design               Design notes
     --acceptance           Acceptance criteria
     -t, --type             Type (bug|feature|task|epic|chore) [default: task]

From 1178674e76c06ce6fbbf149b9795b0e8230722be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@oddbit.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:50:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add --edit/-e option to the create command

The --edit option will open the new ticket in your editor. The code looks
first at $VISUAL, then at $EDITOR, and then defaults to `vi`.

Closes: #23
---
 README.md | 1 +
 ticket    | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c00ac5a..8794ba8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Usage: tk <command> [args]
 Commands:
   create [title] [options] Create ticket, prints ID
     -d, --description      Description text, or - to read from stdin
+    -e, --edit             Open editor ($VISUAL or $EDITOR or vi) to edit ticket
     --design               Design notes
     --acceptance           Acceptance criteria
     -t, --type             Type (bug|feature|task|epic|chore) [default: task]
diff --git a/ticket b/ticket
index 5d8818b8..457d5474 100755
--- a/ticket
+++ b/ticket
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ cmd_create() {
     ensure_dir
 
     local title="" description="" design="" acceptance=""
-    local priority=2 issue_type="task" assignee="" external_ref="" parent="" tags=""
+    local priority=2 issue_type="task" assignee="" external_ref="" parent="" tags="" edit=""
 
     # Default assignee to git user.name if available
     assignee=$(git config user.name 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ cmd_create() {
             --external-ref) external_ref="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             --parent) parent="$2"; shift 2 ;;
             --tags) tags="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+            -e|--edit) edit=1; shift ;;
             -*) echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2; return 1 ;;
             *) title="$1"; shift ;;
         esac
@@ -234,6 +235,10 @@ cmd_create() {
         fi
     } > "$file"
 
+    if [[ $edit = 1 ]]; then
+      ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$file"
+    fi
+
     echo "$id"
 }