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chainmail item update

Change an item's fields; --clear unsets those that can be unset

Usage​

chainmail item update <id> [flags]

Examples​

chainmail item update it_01jcb7m2k9r8q3v4w5x6y7z8a9 --state in-progress --due 2026-11-30
# drop the due date and the estimate
chainmail item update it_01jcb7m2k9r8q3v4w5x6y7z8a9 --clear due,estimate

Flags​

      --area string               work or personal
      --clear strings             unset these, comma separated: area, priority, start, due, estimate, description
      --description string        the new description, as Markdown
      --description-file string   read the new description from this file
      --due string                the due date, YYYY-MM-DD
      --estimate float            the estimate
      --priority string           p0 to p3
      --start string              the start date, YYYY-MM-DD
      --state string              backlog, in-progress, in-review or done
      --title string              the new title
      --type string               the new type, which must fit the parent and every child

Global flags​

      --output string   output format: json or table (default $CHAINMAIL_OUTPUT, then cli.toml, then table on a terminal, json otherwise)
      --socket string   daemon socket (default $CHAINMAIL_SOCKET, then cli.toml, then /run/chainmail/chainmail.sock)

See also​