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NAME
     glab-issue-create - Create an issue.

SYNOPSIS
     glab issue create [flags]

DESCRIPTION
     Opens an editor to draft the issue unless you pass a title and description.
     Use  --web to create the issue in your browser, or --template to start from
     an issue template.

     The --recover flag is an experiment: it might be unstable or removed at any
     time, and is not ready  for  production  use.  For  more  information,  see
     https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

OPTIONS
     -a,  --assignee=[]      Assign issue to people by their usernames. Multiple
     usernames can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag.

     -c, --confidential[=false]      Set an issue to be confidential.

     -d, --description=""      Issue description. Set to "-" to open an editor.

     --description-file=""	Read the issue description from a file. Use  "-"
     to read from standard input.

     --due-date=""	A date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format.

     --epic=0	   ID of the epic to add the issue to.

     -l,  --label=[]	   Add label by name. Multiple labels can be comma-sepa-
     rated or specified by repeating the flag.

     --link-type="relates_to"	   Type for the issue link.

     --linked-issues=[]      The IIDs of issues that this issue links to. Multi-
     ple IIDs can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag.

     --linked-mr=0	The IID of a merge request in which to resolve	all  is-
     sues.

     -m, --milestone=""      The global ID or title of a milestone to assign.

     --no-editor[=false]       Don't  open editor to enter a description. If set
     to true, uses prompt.

     --recover[=false]	    Save the options to a file if the issue fails to  be
     created.  If  the file exists, the options will be loaded from the recovery
     file. (EXPERIMENTAL)

     --template=""	Name of a template in '.gitlab/issue_templates/' to pre-
     populate the description. The '.md' extension is  optional.  Templates  are
     loaded from the local repository only.

     -e, --time-estimate=""	 Set time estimate for the issue.

     -s, --time-spent=""      Set time spent for the issue.

     -t, --title=""	 Issue title.

     --web[=false]	Continue issue creation with web interface.

     -w, --weight=0	 Issue weight. Valid values are greater than or equal to
     0.

     -y, --yes[=false]	    Don't prompt for confirmation to submit the issue.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
     -h, --help[=false]      Show help for this command.

     -R, --repo=""	Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO
     or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.

EXAMPLE
     glab issue create
     glab issue new
     glab issue create -m release-2.0.0 -t "we need this feature" --label important
     glab issue new -t "Fix CVE-YYYY-XXXX" -l security --linked-mr 123
     glab issue create -m release-1.0.1 -t "security fix" --label security --web --recover
     glab issue create -t "Bug Report" --template bug
     glab issue create -t "Feature Request" --template feature_proposal.md --yes

     # Read the description from a file
     glab issue create -t "we need this feature" --description-file description.md

     # Read the description from standard input
     cat description.md | glab issue create -t "we need this feature" --description-file -

SEE ALSO
     glab-issue(1)

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