JIRA-EPIC-CREATE(7)

💖 jira-epic-create — like, the manual page bestie 💖

okay so you're looking at jira-epic-create(7), straight out of the Jira CLI manual, section 7. this is the glow-up guide to making epics. let's get into it, no cap 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

jira-epic-create — create an epic in a project 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

jira epic create [flags]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole vibe here is: you make an epic in a given project, and you only need minimal information to do it. lowkey the easiest bag ever 🎀

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

so many flags bestie, but every single one is iconic in its own way:

• -n, --name="" — the epic name 💜
• -s, --summary="" — the epic summary, aka the title
• -b, --body="" — the epic description (the ✨lore✨)
• -y, --priority="" — the epic priority 🌈
• -r, --reporter="" — the epic reporter, and you can give a username, an email or a display name
• -a, --assignee="" — the epic assignee, same deal: username, email or display name
• -l, --label=[] — the epic labels 🍓
• -C, --component=[] — the epic components
• --fix-version=[] — release info (fixVersions)
• --affects-version=[] — release info (affectsVersions)
• -e, --original-estimate="" — epic original estimate ⭐
• --custom=[] — set custom fields
• -T, --template="" — path to a file to read body/description from 📄
• --web[=false] — open in web browser after successful creation 🌐
• --no-input[=false] — disable prompt for non-required fields 🙈
• -h, --help[=false] — help for create

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👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

the family tree flags, inherited and everything. periodt.

• -c, --config="" — config file (default is /homeless-shelter/.config/.jira/.config.yml, can be overridden with the JIRA_CONFIG_FILE env var)
• --debug[=false] — turn on debug output 🔍
• -p, --project="" — Jira project to look into (defaults to /homeless-shelter/.config/.jira/.config.yml)

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💀 EXAMPLE 💀

ok bestie these examples ate, honestly. copy them exactly, mwah 💋

$ jira epic create

# Create epic in the configured project
$ jira epic create -n"Epic epic" -s"Everything" -yHigh -lbug -lurgent -b"Bug description"

# Create epic in another project
$ jira epic create -pPRJ -n"Amazing epic" -yHigh -s"New Bug" -b$'Bug description\n\nSome more text'

# Create epic and set custom fields
# See https://github.com/ankitpokhrel/jira-cli/discussions/346
$ jira epic create -n"Epic with custom fields" --custom story-points=3

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• jira-epic(7) — go read that one too, iykyk 🦋

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🌟 HISTORY 🌟

1-Jan-1980 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. slay, i guess 😭

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ok that's the whole page, you're officially an epic-creating main character now. no gatekeeping 💖

auto generated by spf13/cobra 🌸 Jan 1980 🌸 Jira CLI(7) — bestie that's the sign-off, mwah 💋✨