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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <!-- Title: a Conventional Commit, e.g. `fix(hub): refuse app push access once the repository is closed` -->
 
+Closes <!-- the issue this closes: #123, or a Linear issue such as CL-123 -->
+
 ## What changed
 
 ## How it was verified