Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [issue-tracking]

Issue tracking refers to managing of tasks and problems in (software) project.

502 questions
676
votes
5 answers

How can I reference a commit in an issue comment on GitHub?

I find a lot of answers on how to reference a GitHub issue in a git comment (using the #xxx notation). I'd like to reference a commit in my comment, generating a link to the commit details page?
LodeRunner
  • 7,975
  • 3
  • 22
  • 24
421
votes
10 answers

How do you attach a new pull request to an existing issue on github?

I'm not sure, but I have a vague memory of creating a github pull request with "Issue 4" or something in the title, and it automatically attached itself to Issue 4 in the project that I was submitting it to. I tried it again recently and it didn't…
Tyler
  • 21,762
  • 11
  • 61
  • 90
420
votes
11 answers

How to completely remove an issue from GitHub?

Is it possible to completely remove an issue from the GitHub issue tracker?
YGL
  • 5,540
  • 2
  • 22
  • 19
164
votes
5 answers

Closing multiple issues in Github with a commit message

I know you can close issues by putting closes #1 or fixes #1 in the commit message. What is the best way to close multiple issues in the same commit message? Also, it appears that using fixes rather than closes doesn't create a link from the commit…
Rayne
  • 31,473
  • 17
  • 86
  • 101
78
votes
7 answers

JIRA: to close or to resolve?

You can reopen both a resolved and a closed issue in JIRA. What's the practical difference? (besides requiring different permissions to resolve/close issues e.g. if QA is involved) We have some differences of opinion in our team for whether to…
Jason S
  • 184,598
  • 164
  • 608
  • 970
68
votes
4 answers

How to create custom labels for issues on GitHub?

I've noticed that some organizations on GitHub have different labels that they can apply to issues. For example, one organization that I am a part of allows any of these labels to be applied: However, on my personal account, I am limited to only…
johncorser
  • 9,262
  • 17
  • 57
  • 102
66
votes
4 answers

How to mark an issue as resolved from the commit log?

I noted that in BitBucket when your commit log contains a number like #12 this number is linked to the bug number 12. I found this feature interesting, and I wonder if there is any keyword that would allow me to mark the issue as resolved from the…
Jader Dias
  • 88,211
  • 155
  • 421
  • 625
60
votes
2 answers

Where to report issues of OpenJDK when you're not a OpenJDK developer?

First I thought it's strange that there's no link to a bug tracker on the OpenJDK project page, then I found bugs.openjdk.java.net, but it's only for accredited project members. How do people outside the ivory tower contribute issues? There's the…
Kalle Richter
  • 8,008
  • 26
  • 77
  • 177
57
votes
4 answers

Creating a branch from issue in GitLab

I've just started using GitLab, and have created a set of issues, in order to keep an overview of what needs to be done for my application. I was wondering if it was possible to create a branch from these issues, such that the branch and issues are…
JonasN89
  • 1,386
  • 2
  • 11
  • 23
53
votes
1 answer

Reference an issue from a commit message in gitlab

Is it possible to make a reference to an issue in Gitlab from a commit message? I haven't found anything on the web.
alayor
  • 4,537
  • 6
  • 27
  • 47
48
votes
4 answers

JIRA: Searching for all issues with a given link type

Is there a way to query for all issues with a particular link type? For example, let there be a dependency link where an issue can "depends on" another issue. Is there a query to find all issues that depend on some other issue (aka. all issues with…
James An
  • 1,383
  • 1
  • 10
  • 16
41
votes
14 answers

What's the difference between a bug tracking and an issue tracking system?

I'm looking for both an explanation of why and when you would use each system and what features differentiate a bug vs. issue tracking application.
Aardvark
  • 8,474
  • 7
  • 46
  • 64
33
votes
1 answer

What is the difference between enhancement and proposal in bitbucket

When creating new issue on bitbucket I can select, among other, proposal and enhancement. What is the difference between them?
madhead
  • 31,729
  • 16
  • 153
  • 201
32
votes
4 answers

Hosted bug tracking system with mercurial repositories (Summary of options & request for opinions)

The Question What hosted mercurial repository/bug tracking system or systems have you used? Would you recommend it to others? Are there serious flaws, either in the repository hosting or the bug tracking features that would make it difficult to…
Mark Booth
  • 7,605
  • 2
  • 68
  • 92
31
votes
6 answers

Jira issue number in git commit message

At our company we are moving from svn to git. For issue tracking we use JIRA from Atlassian. Now we want to enforce that every commit message contains an issue number (just like we did with svn). We have found the commit-msg hook which we use to…
meijuh
  • 1,067
  • 1
  • 9
  • 23
1
2 3
…
33 34