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id: 6c6e579d-1ad5-41c6-ae80-9649cf626000 title: '[external:hu13] issue edit should accept --body-file (parity with create)' state: open labels: [] assignees: [] milestone: null created: 2026-09-10T09:29:45.539885439Z updated: null

Filing from hu13 (external — do not implement without authorisation).

f0rge issue create takes --body-file; issue edit only takes inline --body. Editing a long issue body (e.g. updating a plan/rubric) from scripts requires shell-quoting the whole body (backticks execute in double quotes) — I had to shell out through python to pass it safely as argv.

Ask: add --body-file F to issue edit (and pr edit if it exists). No behaviour change otherwise.