On 6 July 2017 at 07:22, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > The /info webpage now includes a section called "References" which > shows all other check-ins or tickets or wiki that make reference to > the check-in being displayed by the /info page. In other words, if > you have two check-ins "a1234" and 'b9876" and "b9876" references the > "a1234" check-in by including the text "[a1234]" in its comment, then > the info page for a1234 will have b9876 in its "References" section. > This is implemented using a query against the BACKLINK table. > > Example: https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/info/09bcc322f7bcf52f > > See the https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/test-backlinks page for a > list of all check-ins that will contain a References section on their > /info page. > > Question 1: "References" seems like the wrong section label. But I > cannot come up with anything better. I also tried "Referenced By", > but that seems even worse. Suggestions?
In the jira world, this would be a "Relates to". Of course, jira isn't a source control management system/software. I'm personally not crazy about "Cited by" or "References". > > Question 2: Should these backlinks also be shown directly on the > timeline in addition to being shown on the /info screen? Or would > that clutter the timeline too much? I think it might make it a bit messy. Can we see a build with it like that? > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org -- ------- inum: 883510009027723 sip: jungleboo...@sip2sip.info _______________________________________________ fossil-dev mailing list fossil-dev@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-dev
