From b4268a5f2909baabfb9078c70c3d5e9b75cb7080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb@highlab.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 17:16:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add `ent assign ISSUE PERSON`

---
 src/bin/ent/main.rs | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/issue.rs        |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/bin/ent/main.rs b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
index cf03271..7526e44 100644
--- a/src/bin/ent/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ enum Commands {
         #[arg(default_value_t = String::from("origin"))]
         remote: String,
     },
+
+    /// Get or set the Assignee field of an Issue.
+    Assign {
+        issue_id: String,
+        new_assignee: Option<String>,
+    },
 }
 
 fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -225,6 +231,37 @@ fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<(
             entomologist::git::sync(issues_dir, remote, branch)?;
             println!("synced {:?} with {:?}", branch, remote);
         }
+
+        Commands::Assign {
+            issue_id,
+            new_assignee,
+        } => {
+            let mut issues =
+                entomologist::issues::Issues::new_from_dir(std::path::Path::new(issues_dir))?;
+            let Some(issue) = issues.issues.get_mut(issue_id) else {
+                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("issue {} not found", issue_id));
+            };
+            match (&issue.assignee, new_assignee) {
+                (Some(old_assignee), Some(new_assignee)) => {
+                    println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
+                    println!("assignee: {} -> {}", old_assignee, new_assignee);
+                    issue.set_assignee(new_assignee)?;
+                }
+                (Some(old_assignee), None) => {
+                    println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
+                    println!("assignee: {}", old_assignee);
+                }
+                (None, Some(new_assignee)) => {
+                    println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
+                    println!("assignee: None -> {}", new_assignee);
+                    issue.set_assignee(new_assignee)?;
+                }
+                (None, None) => {
+                    println!("issue: {}", issue_id);
+                    println!("assignee: None");
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/issue.rs b/src/issue.rs
index 8b6544e..728e3ee 100644
--- a/src/issue.rs
+++ b/src/issue.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ impl Issue {
         self.state = State::from_str(state_string.trim())?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn set_assignee(&mut self, new_assignee: &str) -> Result<(), IssueError> {
+        let mut assignee_filename = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.dir);
+        assignee_filename.push("assignee");
+        let mut assignee_file = std::fs::File::create(&assignee_filename)?;
+        write!(assignee_file, "{}", new_assignee)?;
+        crate::git::git_commit_file(&assignee_filename)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]