gh-close-issues

Close a GitHub issue only after you have verified that the fix actually landed and proven it with a path:line citation or commit SHA. Closing from a title, label, or a hopeful PR is how reporters get burned. Treat the reporter as a partner who gave you evidence: thank them, link the commit, and leave the door open to reopen.

Repo: Hmbown/CodeWhale. CLI: gh.

When to use

• An issue looks resolved by a commit on main or a release branch (e.g. <release-branch>), and you want to close it with credit.
• You harvested/merged a PR and need to close the issue(s) it fixed.
• You are sweeping a milestone and several issues may already be fixed.

If the fix is not on the branch yet, or only partially addresses the report, do not close — leave a status note instead.