Meaning of 切る in イシューを切る


In programming is very common to say things like "create an issue", "open a
ticket", when you are asking for help or want to create a "topic" about the
problem you wanna solve.

I realized that here in Japan people say things like:

> イシューを切る。イシューを切ってください。イシューを切っておきました。etc

[Reference](https://k-hyoda.hatenablog.com/entry/2019/04/27/200740#1-Issue%E3%82%92%E5%88%87%E3%82%8B)

I assume 切る here means something like "Create" or "Open", is it correct? I
tried looking on [Jisho](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%88%87%E3%82%8B) but the
meanings there do not seem to fit.

Also, are there other words that take 切る with a similar meaning?




I think it corresponds to the 8th definition of 切る on jisho.org:

> to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)

(But this "stamps" should be a translation mistake. We say
[小切手](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%B0%8F%E5%88%87%E6%89%8B)を切る but not 切手を切る.
小切手 and 切手 are completely different.)

デジタル大辞泉 and 明鏡国語辞典 give exactly the same definition (伝票や小切手などを発行する), but 明鏡
also describes the etymology:

> 伝票や小切手などを発行する。「小切手［伝票］を━」
>
> ▶ **切り離して発行することから。**

So 切る meaning "issue" is used with "ticket-like" things because cutting a
ticket meant using it. "Ticket" is another name for what GitHub calls "issue",
so this should be straightforward.




I think it corresponds to the 8th definition of 切る on jisho.org:

> to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)

(But this "stamps" should be a translation mistake. We say
[小切手](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%B0%8F%E5%88%87%E6%89%8B)を切る but not 切手を切る.
小切手 and 切手 are completely different.)

デジタル大辞泉 and 明鏡国語辞典 give exactly the same definition (伝票や小切手などを発行する), but 明鏡
also describes the etymology:

> 伝票や小切手などを発行する。「小切手［伝票］を━」
>
> ▶ **切り離して発行することから。**

So 切る meaning "issue" is used with "ticket-like" things because cutting a
ticket meant using it. "Ticket" is another name for what GitHub calls "issue",
so this should be straightforward.

