Github Autolinking

[Eric Bresie <eb...@gmail.com>]

From a separate email thread:

Not sure if this would help in integration between existing systems but is
"autolink" enabled on github to ease references to NETBEANS JIRA tickets?
If not [enabled] and the github product (pro, enterprise, etc.) in use
allows its use, it seems like it might help a little to put in a ticket
reference which automatically links to the JIRA ticket. For more see
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/managing-repository-settings/configuring-autolinks-to-reference-external-resources
Assume if setup with a prefix of NETBEANS pointing to a URL something like
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-<num> then references
starting with NETBEANS may automatically link up. That does assume a ticket
exists to do so.


So the use case is as a commenter while commenting in the github netbeans
project context, if referencing an existing JIRA ticket like "NETBEANS-123"
it would automatically add a link to the equivalent JIRA ticket.

There is still the question:

   1. What kind of "github product" is in use (i.e. pro, enterprise, etc.)?
   2. Is this a candidate for a NETBEANSINFRA ticket (
   https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/NETBEANSINFRA ) or a request to
   github admin with privileges to enable this or a combination of both (i.e.
   need an NETBEANSINFRA ticket which would be performed by the github admin)?

Eric Bresie
ebresie@gmail.com