keybase / keybase/client

`keybase chat send --topic-type dev` converted my team to a "big team"

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Description

While looking at the CLI I saw this --topic-type flag. I have no idea what it was for, so I decided to try it with my brand new single-channel team. I ran keybase chat send --topic-type dev teamname 'testing flags', and immediately my team got converted to a "big team", with a message about how I created a new channel and whatnot. This is very confusing because there doesn't appear to be any new channel, just a dev version of #general (which isn't visible in the GUI).

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Start by tracing the CLI handling of keybase chat send --topic-type dev and reproduce it against a single-channel team. Determine why the command converts the team and whether the behavior or its explanation should change; done means the command no longer causes an unexplained conversion, or clearly communicates the resulting channel behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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