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# bd comments

> View or manage comments on an issue

Generated from `bd help --doc comments`.

View or manage comments on an issue.

Examples:

# List all comments on an issue (issue id is required — there is no "comments list")

bd comments bd-123

# List comments in JSON format

bd comments bd-123 --json

# Add a comment

bd comments add bd-123 "This is a comment"

# Add a comment from a file

bd comments add bd-123 -f notes.txt

```
bd comments [issue-id] [flags]
bd comments [command]
```

**Flags:**

```
      --local-time   Show timestamps in local time instead of UTC
```

## bd comments add

Add a comment to an issue.

Examples:

# Add a comment

bd comments add bd-123 "Working on this now"

# Add a comment from a file

bd comments add bd-123 -f notes.txt

```
bd comments add [issue-id] [text] [flags]
```

**Flags:**

```
  -a, --author string   Add author to comment
  -f, --file string     Read comment text from file
```

## bd comments list

Invalid — use bd comments \<issue-id> to list comments

```
bd comments list [flags]
```