fix(issue-create): allow empty issue bodies#188
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barrettruth merged 1 commit intomainfrom Apr 12, 2026
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GitHub issue creation does not require a non-empty body, but the compose flow currently aborts before submission when the body is blank. Allow empty bodies while keeping the empty-title and unchanged-template guards, and cover the behavior with a focused compose regression test.
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Problem
Issue compose currently aborts when the body is left blank, even though GitHub issue creation does not require a non-empty body. That makes the compose flow stricter than the underlying forge and drops otherwise valid issue submissions.
Solution
Remove the empty-body abort from issue compose while keeping the empty-title and unchanged-template guards in place. Update the compose/vimdoc messaging to describe the new behavior and add a focused regression spec that exercises saving an issue with an empty body.