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Expand Up @@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ so you don't have to type the full name every time:
|`issue create` |`c`, `new`, `add`
|`issue develop` |`d`, `dev`
|`issue list` |`l`, `ls`
|`issue status` |`s`, `st`, `stat`
|`issue assign` |`a`
|`issue update` |`u`
|`issue pr` |`pull-request`
|`team list` |`l`, `ls`
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$ lc issue update --close --status Done --reason "These were closable" CRY-1234 CRY-2
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==== Move an issue to a different workflow state

Changes the workflow state of one or more issues. Prompts interactively when
`--status`/`-s` is omitted.

[source,sh]
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$ lc issue status CRY-1234 <1>
$ lc issue status CRY-1234 -s "In Progress" <2>
$ lc issue status CRY-1 CRY-2 CRY-3 -s Done <3>
$ lc issue status CRY-1234 -s Done -m "Wrapped up" <4>
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<1> Prompts interactively to pick a state
<2> Move to a named workflow state (case-insensitive, unique-prefix match)
<3> Move multiple issues at once — updates run concurrently
<4> Add a comment alongside the state change

==== Default team/project (profiles)

Not in Ruby's `linear-cli` - save a named team/project bundle once, then
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