forgejo-issue

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name: forgejo-issue description: Use this skill when the user asks to file, open, create, update, close, or comment on an issue in a Forgejo-hosted repository (e.g. git.anderson.haus, codeberg.org). The git plugin's PreToolUse hook will automatically block gh commands in Forgejo repos and block fj in GitHub repos — so if you see such a block, come here for the correct fj syntax. Trigger phrases: "file an issue", "open an issue", "create a ticket", "comment on issue #N", "close issue", in a Forgejo repo.

Filing Forgejo issues with fj

Forgejo's CLI is fj (forgejo-cli, installed via cargo install forgejo-cli). It does not share syntax with gh.

The git plugin's hook catches wrong-CLI calls, so trust that layer — this skill focuses on getting fj right.

Host auto-detection

Inside a Forgejo-backed repo, fj reads the origin from git and figures out the host + repo on its own. No -H flag needed for the common case. Just:

fj issue create "Title" --body-file "$BODY_FILE"

You only need -H <host> when running outside a Forgejo-backed repo (e.g. from ~/). When required, it goes before the subcommand:

fj -H https://git.anderson.haus issue create "Title"   # correct
fj issue -H https://git.anderson.haus create "Title"   # WRONG — fj treats -H as an arg to create

Alternative: set FJ_FALLBACK_HOST=https://git.anderson.haus in the environment.

Always use --body-file, never inline --body

Shell quoting mangles multi-line bodies — backticks, $(…), !, code fences, and nested quotes all get interpreted before fj sees them. Write the body to a temp file first:

BODY_FILE="$TMPDIR/fj-issue-body-$$.md"
cat > "$BODY_FILE" <<'EOF'
## Summary
1–3 sentences on what the bug/feature is.

## Context
- concrete details
- file paths, commands, error messages

## Suggested direction
(optional) how we might approach this
EOF

fj issue create "Short imperative title" --body-file "$BODY_FILE"
rm "$BODY_FILE"

Two things to get right:

• Use $TMPDIR (sandbox-writable), not /tmp.
• Quote the heredoc delimiter (<<'EOF', not <<EOF) so backticks and $vars inside the body stay literal.

Title conventions

• Short and imperative, under ~70 characters.
• No trailing period.
• If the repo uses conventional-commit prefixes (fix(scope): …, feat(scope): …), match that style. Check recent issues with fj issue search to see the convention.

Authenticate once per host

Self-hosted Forgejo instances can't use fj auth login (OAuth only works for a hardcoded list of public hosts). Use a personal access token from <host>/user/settings/applications:

fj -H https://git.anderson.haus auth add-key <username>

Report the URL

fj issue create prints the issue URL on success — relay it to the user.

On failure, read the error. Common causes:

• Not authenticated → add a PAT (above)
• Repo requires a template → pass --template <name> or --no-template
• Outside a Forgejo repo and no -H → pass -H or set FJ_FALLBACK_HOST

Other issue operations

Task	Command
Comment on #42	fj issue comment 42 --body-file "$BODY_FILE"
Edit title	fj issue edit 42 title "New title"
Edit body (in $EDITOR)	fj issue edit 42 body
Close	fj issue close 42
View	fj issue view 42
Search	fj issue search <query>

All follow the same -H and body-file rules as create.

What NOT to do

• ❌ gh issue create … in a Forgejo repo (the hook will block it)
• ❌ fj issue create -H https://… … (flag order wrong)
• ❌ fj issue create "…" --body "$(cat <<EOF … EOF)" (shell mangling)
• ❌ Running from ~/ without -H and expecting fj to find the repo