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Subject: Re: [boost] [release notes] Linking to github issues/pull requests
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-12 12:32:28


On 01/12/18 15:28, Paul A. Bristow via Boost wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Daniel James via Boost
>> Sent: 12 January 2018 11:36
>> To: boost_at_[hidden]
>> Cc: Daniel James
>> Subject: [boost] [release notes] Linking to github issues/pull requests
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've added templates for linking to github issues and pull requests
>> from the release notes. There are two templates:
>>
>> [github module number] which expands to '#number'
>> [github_pr module number] which expands to 'PR#number'.
>>
>> Both will be linked, they need the name of the module to link to the
>> right place.
>>
>> We only really need the issue template as github redirects to the pull
>> request if appropriate, but existing release notes have been using the
>> PR#3 format, so I thought it should support that.
>>
>> You can see an example in the unordered release notes for 1.67.0:
>>
>> https://github.com/boostorg/website/blob/master/feed/history/boost_1_67_0.qbk
>> http://www.boost.org/users/history/in_progress.html
>>
>> Does that look okay?
>
> Perfect :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
> PS Just needs adding
>
> [github module number] which expands to '#number'
> [github_pr module number] which expands to 'PR#number'.
>
> and an example like the above
>
> to the Quickbook docs ;-)
>
> And get people to use it too (the difficult bit!).

As far as I understand, this is not a builtin Quickbook feature. Those
templates (and [ticket number] as well) are defined by the release notes
infrastructure.


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