diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 39a4df536..c7041c2f7 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ before:
 builds:
   - binary: bin/gh
     ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.BuildDate={{.Date}}
+      - -s -w -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.BuildDate={{time "2006-01-02"}}
       - -X github.com/github/gh-cli/context.oauthClientID={{.Env.GH_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}}
       - -X github.com/github/gh-cli/context.oauthClientSecret={{.Env.GH_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}}
       - -X main.updaterEnabled=github/homebrew-gh
diff --git a/command/issue.go b/command/issue.go
index 2a24e790b..df30b6e52 100644
--- a/command/issue.go
+++ b/command/issue.go
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ func issueStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	out := colorableOut(cmd)
 
 	printHeader(out, "Issues assigned to you")
-	if issuePayload.Assigned != nil {
+	if len(issuePayload.Assigned) > 0 {
 		printIssues(out, "  ", issuePayload.Assigned...)
 	} else {
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("  There are no issues assgined to you")
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("  There are no issues assigned to you")
 		printMessage(out, message)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(out)
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ func issueCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if stat, err := os.Stat(".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE"); err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
 			openURL += "/choose"
 		}
+		cmd.Printf("Opening %s in your browser.\n", openURL)
 		return utils.OpenInBrowser(openURL)
 	}
 
diff --git a/command/issue_test.go b/command/issue_test.go
index 04a1cf7e1..bff2b5747 100644
--- a/command/issue_test.go
+++ b/command/issue_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,38 @@ func TestIssueStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIssueStatus_blankSlate(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	http := initFakeHTTP()
+
+	http.StubResponse(200, bytes.NewBufferString(`
+	{ "data": {
+		"assigned": { "issues": { "nodes": [] } },
+		"mentioned": { "issues": { "nodes": [] } },
+		"authored": { "issues": { "nodes": [] } }
+	} }
+	`))
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(issueStatusCmd, "issue status")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `issue status`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expectedOutput := `Issues assigned to you
+  There are no issues assigned to you
+
+Issues mentioning you
+  There are no issues mentioning you
+
+Issues opened by you
+  There are no issues opened by you
+
+`
+	if output.String() != expectedOutput {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", expectedOutput, output)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestIssueList(t *testing.T) {
 	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
 	http := initFakeHTTP()
@@ -225,3 +257,27 @@ func TestIssueCreate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	eq(t, output.String(), "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/12\n")
 }
+
+func TestIssueCreate_web(t *testing.T) {
+	initBlankContext("OWNER/REPO", "master")
+	initFakeHTTP()
+
+	var seenCmd *exec.Cmd
+	restoreCmd := utils.SetPrepareCmd(func(cmd *exec.Cmd) utils.Runnable {
+		seenCmd = cmd
+		return &outputStub{}
+	})
+	defer restoreCmd()
+
+	output, err := RunCommand(issueCreateCmd, `issue create --web`)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `issue create`: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if seenCmd == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a command to run")
+	}
+	url := seenCmd.Args[len(seenCmd.Args)-1]
+	eq(t, url, "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/new")
+	eq(t, output.String(), "Opening https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/issues/new in your browser.\n")
+}
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index c925285ed..28fa1a6fa 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ type FlagError struct {
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "gh",
 	Short: "GitHub CLI",
-	Long:  `Work seamlessly with GitHub from the command line. GitHub CLI is in early stages of development, and we'd love to hear your feedback at https://forms.gle/pBt3kujJi7nXZmcM6`,
+	Long: `Work seamlessly with GitHub from the command line.
+
+GitHub CLI is in early stages of development, and we'd love to hear your
+feedback at <https://forms.gle/pBt3kujJi7nXZmcM6>`,
 
 	SilenceErrors: true,
 	SilenceUsage:  true,
diff --git a/context/config_file.go b/context/config_file.go
index 5236930a1..6c053286d 100644
--- a/context/config_file.go
+++ b/context/config_file.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -36,11 +35,9 @@ func parseConfigFile(fn string) (*configEntry, error) {
 	return parseConfig(f)
 }
 
-// ParseDefaultConfig reads the configuration from ~/.config/gh
+// ParseDefaultConfig reads the configuration file
 func ParseDefaultConfig() (*configEntry, error) {
-	// FIXME: this duplicates fsContext.configFile
-	fn, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh")
-	return parseConfigFile(fn)
+	return parseConfigFile(configFile())
 }
 
 func parseConfig(r io.Reader) (*configEntry, error) {
@@ -72,10 +69,10 @@ func parseConfig(r io.Reader) (*configEntry, error) {
 // This is a temporary function that will migrate the config file. It can be removed
 // in January.
 //
-// If ~/.config/gh is a file, convert it to a directory and place the file
-// into ~/.config/gh/config.yml
+// If the config dir is a file, convert it to a directory and place the file
+// into a file named config.yml
 func migrateConfigFile() {
-	p, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh")
+	p := ConfigDir()
 	fi, err := os.Stat(p)
 	if err != nil { // This means the file doesn't exist, and that is fine.
 		return
diff --git a/context/context.go b/context/context.go
index 20a921ffc..e5d74634c 100644
--- a/context/context.go
+++ b/context/context.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package context
 
 import (
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/git"
@@ -39,14 +40,18 @@ type fsContext struct {
 	authToken string
 }
 
-func (c *fsContext) configFile() string {
-	dir, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh/config.yml")
+func ConfigDir() string {
+	dir, _ := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh")
 	return dir
 }
 
+func configFile() string {
+	return path.Join(ConfigDir(), "config.yml")
+}
+
 func (c *fsContext) getConfig() (*configEntry, error) {
 	if c.config == nil {
-		entry, err := parseOrSetupConfigFile(c.configFile())
+		entry, err := parseOrSetupConfigFile(configFile())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/git/git_test.go b/git/git_test.go
index dc1446c33..ebf10baf9 100644
--- a/git/git_test.go
+++ b/git/git_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package git
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
+	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/test"
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ func Test_UncommittedChangeCount(t *testing.T) {
 
 	GitCommand = test.StubExecCommand("TestGitStatusHelperProcess", "boom")
 	_, err := UncommittedChangeCount()
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "git.test: exit status 1") {
+	errorRE := regexp.MustCompile(`git\.test(\.exe)?: exit status 1$`)
+	if !errorRE.MatchString(err.Error()) {
 		t.Errorf("got unexpected error message: %s", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f09edb18d..726b50784 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/command"
+	"github.com/github/gh-cli/context"
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/update"
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/utils"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 var updaterEnabled = ""
@@ -61,9 +62,6 @@ func checkForUpdate(currentVersion string) (*update.ReleaseInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	repo := updaterEnabled
-	stateFilePath, err := homedir.Expand("~/.config/gh/state.yml")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	stateFilePath := path.Join(context.ConfigDir(), "state.yml")
 	return update.CheckForUpdate(client, stateFilePath, repo, currentVersion)
 }