GH-ISSUE-CLOSE(1)

💅 gh-issue-close — the "close an issue" era

okay so real talk, this one's from the GitHub CLI manual (that's gh-issue-close(1) if you're being fancy ✨) and it's literally just the glow-up moment where an issue gets to rest. bestie, let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

gh-issue-close — Close issue 💀✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gh issue close {<number> | <url>} [flags]

so you give it either the issue's number or its url, and then whatever flags your heart desires. very demure, very mindful 🎀

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🎯 OPTIONS 🎯

• -c, --comment <string> — Leave a closing comment 💬 like a little goodbye note on the way out, so nobody's left wondering what happened
• --duplicate-of <string> — Mark as duplicate of another issue by number or URL 👯 "it's giving 'this already exists' energy" — you just point at the other one
• -r, --reason <string> — Reason for closing, and the options are {completed|not planned|duplicate} 🏁 pick your character arc

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🫶 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🫶

these aren't even her flags, she got them from the parent command, and honestly? nepotism slay 👑

• -R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO> — Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format 🗂️ so you can close issues in a repo that isn't the one you're standing in

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🦋 EXIT CODES 🦋

the vibe check of "did it work" — memorize these fr fr:

• 0: Successful execution ✅ ate, no crumbs
• 1: Error 😭 something went wrong
• 2: Command canceled 🙈 you backed out
• 4: Authentication required 🔐 ma'am you need to log in first

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information. 👀 so like, don't come for me if your command's got extra ones — check its help

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

the moment you've all been waiting for — copy these, they're iconic:

# Close issue
$ gh issue close 123

# Close issue and add a closing comment
$ gh issue close 123 --comment "Closing this issue"

# Close issue as a duplicate of issue #456
$ gh issue close 123 --duplicate-of 456

# Close issue as not planned
$ gh issue close 123 --reason "not planned"

not the "not planned" reason being the most passive-aggressive closure in existence 💀 anyway, it's giving closure (literally) 😌

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• gh-issue(1) — the whole issue family, go meet the relatives 🧚

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that's the whole page bestie, no cap 🍓 — brought to you by GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026, and yes the footer ships with the same energy: GH-ISSUE-CLOSE(1) top and bottom, periodt 💜