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Enhancement to ticket create command #55

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Allow ticket to read description from stdin
larsks Mar 18, 2026
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Add --edit/-e option to the create command
larsks Mar 18, 2026
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ 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
-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]
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Expand Up @@ -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)
Expand All @@ -175,11 +175,16 @@ 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
done

if [[ $description = "-" ]]; then
description="$(< /dev/stdin)"
fi

# Validate and resolve parent if specified
if [[ -n "$parent" ]]; then
local parent_file
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fi
} > "$file"

if [[ $edit = 1 ]]; then
${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$file"
fi

echo "$id"
}

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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]
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