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Update regex to look for all keywords which could close an issue

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
release, tooling

Research direction

Start by locating Doof's existing regex that checks for "closes" and "fixes". Compare it with the complete closing-keyword list in the linked GitHub documentation, then update the matching behavior and verify that all listed keywords are recognized.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

Here is the full list: https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/closing-issues-using-keywords

Currently Doof just looks for "closes" and "fixes"

Dominant language
Python
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