Re: Streamlining issue tracker integration

You get better answers but you may start with:

On 2012-06-29 17:52, Harry Garrood wrote:
> I have used the TurtleMine plugin (issue tracker integration with
> Redmine) but I feel the process of clicking the Redmine Issues button,
> searching for the issue, eventually finding it, and adding it to the
> commit message is too laborious.
>
> My vision is that at the commit message is continually scanned for
> issue tags, eg strings matching /#[0-9]+/
> When one of these is encountered, tortoise should do whatever needs to
> be done to get a short summary of the issue from the tracker,
> something like: "Bug #143: It crashes all the time!" In the meantime,
> the user may continue to write their commit message, and their flow is
> not interrupted.
Note: check for bugtraq:* property group especialy:
bugtraq:label - enable entering IssueId# in commit dialog - reduces need
for scanning text
check
http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/nightly/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-bugtracker.html#tsvn-dug-bugtracker-link-simple
and surrounding chapters.
> When this information is retrieved, it is shown somewhere on the
> commit dialog. No extra screens should be involved. Perhaps it could
> go next to/below the Recent Messages button.
>
> I have 4 questions:
>
> 1) Is this possible with the current issue tracker interface?
> 2) Are there docs on using the current issue tracker interface?
As simple as typing "tortoisesvn issue tracker api" in google search :).

http://tortoisesvn.net/issuetrackerplugins.html
http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-ibugtraqprovider.html

Should be good start.

> 3) I guess this sort of thing shouldn't go into the tortoiseSVN core,
> but a plugin of some sort. Is this possible?
> 4) I am interested in implementing this myself. Are there any
> suggestions as to where I should start?
I guess you started on right place :)

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