Git-based distributed issue tracker. With it you can use Git repository for storing issues (bugs, tasks, improvements, etc). The issues are operated in a manner typical to Git and other DVCSs. I.e. when a project is fetched locally, the issues storage is fetched as well. The user then may operate locally with their copy of the issue storage, then push the updated issues.
Until we get an MVP, all tasks are in the TODO.md file. If you want to help the project, look at TODO.md and provide a pull request for some task from there :)
When we get MVP, all tasks will be tracked using the project itself (dog-food).
If you have a question, please use our mailing list [email protected].
An issue (or bug) has the following attributes:
- Hash - unique identifier of the issue;
- Summary - a short definitive text;
- Description - a longer text which describes the issue in detail;
- Status - either Open or Resolved.
More attributes (like assignee, label, other statuses, etc) may be added in the future. All dates (the date of opening and closing, as well as the dates of all changes to the issue) are also tracked. User information (who created/change/resolved the issue) is also tracked.
Issues are not tied to any particular branch.
CLI is done in the form of a Git plugin and is written in Bash and, may be, C (only if Bash is not enough).
Docs on writing a Git plugin: https://adamcod.es/2013/07/12/how-to-create-git-plugin.html
git bug new opens a text editor (like it happens with git commit). If the user closes the editor without any text, nothing happens. If user provides some text, the first line of the text will be the new issue's summary. The second and all subsequent lines will be the description. In this case, the new issue is created and its hash is printed.
git bug new -m "Text" works like git commit -m, i.e. accepts the text from the command line, without opening editors.
git bug <hash> prints issue information: hash, summary, description and all other attributes listed in README.md in a human-readable, yet parseable manner.
git bug edit <hash> opens a text editor (like it happens with git commit) with the issue summary as the first line and it's description as the rest of the text. If the user closes the editor without changing the text or saving, nothing happens. If user provides some changes, the issue is edited accordingly.
git bug resolve <hash> resolves the issue, i.e. changes its status from Open to Resolved. If the issue already resolved, it prints 'Already resolved' and exits with a non-zero exit code.
git bug lists all open issues in the following format:
<hash 1> <summary 1>
<hash 2> <summary 2>
...
<hash N> <summary N>
git bug -a lists all issues (open and resolved).
git bug --resolved lists all resolved issues.
git bug --open lists all open issues (the same as git bug without parameters).
Standard Git procedures for fetching and pushing works for issues as well. E.g. git fetch fetches issues from the remote, and git push pushes them to the remote.
git help bug opens a man page for the command (just like it does for the other git commands).
git bug --help - the same effect as previous.
git bug -h prints a short usage info (just like it does for the other git commands).
Web interface is in tracker-web.
- Current tasks are available in the TODO.md file.
- Documentation of the Git internals: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain
- Article about writing a Git plugin: https://adamcod.es/2013/07/12/how-to-create-git-plugin.html
- Some research on the matter: https://github.com/matthiasbeyer/distributed-issue-tracking
- git-issues - standalone Python script, requires Python
- ticgit - requires Ruby
- gitissius - requires Python
We strongly believe a Git issue tracker must not bring any additional dependencies besides what Git itself depend on and must work whenever Git works. This means it must be written in Bash/C.