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Yes! git-bug is the closest prior art, I reference it in the README's Prior Art section.

Three key differences:

1. Plain Git primitives — git-bug uses CRDTs with JSON operation logs. git-native-issue uses commits as events, Git trailers for metadata (same format as Signed-off-by), and merge commits for conflict resolution. No custom serialization.

2. Standalone format spec — git-bug's "format" is whatever its Go code produces. git-native-issue ships ISSUE-FORMAT.md, a standalone specification that any tool in any language can implement. The spec is the deliverable, not the CLI.

3. Simplicity — CRDTs are powerful but overkill here. Git already solves distributed conflict resolution with three-way merge. Why rebuild that in userspace?

git-bug validated that storing issues in Git refs works. I built on that lesson with a simpler data model and a spec-first approach.