From 469438ebc558143ed56cbcf981e9b7dea1cc9de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kynan Ware <47394200+BagToad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 15:52:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Remove redundant nil check in IssueNodeID

GraphQL already returns an error when the repository or issue does not
exist, making the empty-ID check unreachable.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 api/queries_issue.go | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/queries_issue.go b/api/queries_issue.go
index d9cf73be1..1cd5549a4 100644
--- a/api/queries_issue.go
+++ b/api/queries_issue.go
@@ -642,8 +642,5 @@ func IssueNodeID(client *Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, number int) (string, err
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if result.Repository.Issue.ID == "" {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("issue #%d not found in %s", number, ghrepo.FullName(repo))
-	}
 	return result.Repository.Issue.ID, nil
 }