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id: a2697032-69ca-4561-9acf-ff3fd7be08d9
title: 'issue list⇄close round-trip: list renders #1, close wants 1'
state: closed
labels:
- dogfood
assignees: []
milestone: null
created: 2026-09-08T04:42:15Z
updated: 2026-09-08T05:58:05Z
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Evidence: "f0rge issue list" prints "#1  open  .."; "f0rge issue close #1" -> usage error. Copy-paste from list never works. Fix: set_state verbs (close/reopen/view/comment/assign/label/edit) accept "#N", "N", and uuid; or render list ids copy-safe. Acceptance: close "$(f0rge issue list | awk "NR==2{print \$1}")" round-trips verbatim.
