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diff --git a/doc/user/project/issues/index.md b/doc/user/project/issues/index.md index fe87e6f9495..be4436749f9 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/issues/index.md +++ b/doc/user/project/issues/index.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -# Issues documentation +# Issues The GitLab Issue Tracker is an advanced and complete tool for tracking the evolution of a new idea or the process of solving a problem. It allows you, your team, and your collaborators to share -and discuss proposals, before and while implementing them. +and discuss proposals before and while implementing them. -Issues and the GitLab Issue Tracker are available in all +GitLab Issues and the GitLab Issue Tracker are available in all [GitLab Products](https://about.gitlab.com/products/) as part of the [GitLab Workflow](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/). -## Use-Cases +## Use cases Issues can have endless applications. Just to exemplify, these are some cases for which creating issues are most used: @@ -23,15 +23,50 @@ some cases for which creating issues are most used: - Obtaining support - Elaborating new code implementations -See also the blog post [Always start a discussion with an issue](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/03/start-with-an-issue/). +See also the blog post "[Always start a discussion with an issue](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/03/start-with-an-issue/)". + +### Keep private things private + +For instance, let's assume you have a public project but want to start a discussion on something +you don't want to be public. With [Confidential Issues](#confidential-issues), +you can discuss private matters among the project members, and still keep +your project public, open to collaboration. + +### Streamline collaboration + +With [Multiple Assignees for Issues](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/multiple_assignees_for_issues.html), +available in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products/) +you can streamline collaboration and allow shared responsibilities to be clearly displayed. +All assignees are shown across your workflows and receive notifications (as they +would as single assignees), simplifying communication and ownership. + +### Consistent collaboration + +Create [issue templates](#issue-templates) to make collaboration consistent and +containing all information you need. For example, you can create a template +for feature proposals and another one for bug reports. ## Issue Tracker -The issue tracker is the collection of opened and closed issues created in a project. +The Issue Tracker is the collection of opened and closed issues created in a project. +It is available for all projects, from the moment the project is created. + +Find the issue tracker by navigating to your **Project's homepage** > **Issues**. + +### Issues per project + +When you access your project's issues, GitLab will present them in a list, +and you can use the tabs available to quickly filter by open and closed issues. - + -Find the issue tracker by navigating to your **Project's Dashboard** > **Issues**. +You can also [search and filter](../../search/index.md#issues-and-merge-requests-per-project) the results more deeply with GitLab's search capacities. + +### Issues per group + +View issues in all projects in the group, including all projects of all descendant subgroups of the group. Navigate to **Group > Issues** to view these issues. This view also has the open and closed issues tabs. + + ## GitLab Issues Functionalities @@ -49,6 +84,14 @@ Read through the [documentation on creating issues](create_new_issue.md). Learn distinct ways to [close issues](closing_issues.md) in GitLab. +## Moving issues + +Read through the [documentation on moving issues](moving_issues.md). + +## Deleting issues + +Read through the [documentation on deleting issues](deleting_issues.md) + ## Create a merge request from an issue Learn more about it on the [GitLab Issues Functionalities documentation](issues_functionalities.md#18-new-merge-request). @@ -96,8 +139,14 @@ Find GitLab Issue Boards by navigating to your **Project's Dashboard** > **Issue Read through the documentation for [Issue Boards](../issue_board.md) to find out more about this feature. -[Multiple Issue Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards) -are available only in [GitLab Enterprise Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ee/). +With [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/products/), you can also +create various boards per project with [Multiple Issue Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards). + +### External Issue Tracker + +Alternatively to GitLab's built-in Issue Tracker, you can also use an [external +tracker](../../../integration/external-issue-tracker.md) such as Jira, Redmine, +or Bugzilla. ### Issue's API |