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NAME

glab-work-items-update - Update work items in a project or group. (EXPERIMENTAL)

SYNOPSIS

glab work-items update [flags]

DESCRIPTION

The command uses your repository context to detect scope automatically.

Use --group to target a group or subgroup. --group and --repo are mutually exclusive.

This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

OPTIONS

-a, --assignee=[] Update the work item assignee with the supplied GitLab usernames.

-d, --description="" Update the description for the work item.

--duedate="" Update the due date for the work item.

-g, --group="" Update work items for a group or subgroup.

-m, --milestone="" Update the work item milestone with the title or ID.

-F, --output="text" Format output as: text, json.

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

--startdate="" Update the start date for the work item.

-t, --title="" Update the title for the work item.

-w, --weight=0 Update the weight value for the work item.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-h, --help[=false] Show help for this command.

EXAMPLE

# Update a work item in current project
glab work-items update 42 --description "this issue tracks a new feature"
# Update a work item in a group
glab work-items update 40 --group MYGROUP --description "this epic tracks a new feature"

SEE ALSO

glab-work-items(1)

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