if SVN is used, milestone should manage/allowtoassign links for branch and tag

[fbrettschneider@…]

The history of milestones is a history of SVN release tags on different branches here.

After years or months when I look into the history of milestones I need to know what SVN branch and tag the milestone actually was.

One could say, add a note in the milestone description but I'd prefer if the creation/closing of a milestone offers to set the branch and tag information. And also displays it in the same way as the date information.

I used your search engine to find out if it was already desired but haven't found such wish.

[Remy Blank]

This is tied very closely to one way of using milestones, which is not necessarily everyone's use. I would say that adding the relevant links to the milestone description is both sufficient and much more flexible.

Suggesting worksforme.

[anonymous]

That is why I wrote "if SVN is used". But if SVN is used, I suppose it's the common way to understand milestones as releases and releases are usually tagged and branched in projects chained in a software production cycle.

Of course, both special links would just act like a reminder to set them. Although I can image one could let base a tree view of the roadmap on it, a tree like the SVN trunk and its branches…

[Mikael Relbe]

Another idea could be to modify commit-hook scripts — in the same spirit as for automatic ticket updates — to recognize statements in commit messages, e.g., "closes milestone:xyz", and do some proper adjustments of targeted milestone descriptions.

That should cover the case even for Mercurial et.al.

[Remy Blank]

Replying to mrelbe:

Another idea could be to modify commit-hook scripts — in the same spirit as for automatic ticket updates — to recognize statements in commit messages, e.g., "closes milestone:xyz", and do some proper adjustments of targeted milestone descriptions.

This can be done in a plugin, using the IRepositoryChangeListener interface.

[Christian Boos]

This feature could easily be implemented by supporting custom fields for milestones.