Re: [Statcvs-users] Request: Add Bugzilla integration to commit log pages

[Richard C. <ri...@cy...>]

From: "Brian G. Peterson" <br...@br...>
> Requested Behavior:
> When Bugzilla is integrated to CVS, a developer will check in code that
> fixes/modifies a bug with a commit comment like:
> Bug 14
> on a single line in thier commit comments. (other legal values are 'bug
> 14' 'Bug#14' 'bug# 14', etc)
>
> Statcvs, when parsing the commit log to HTML, would replace instances of
> the pattern above with a HREF like:
> http://www.myserver.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14

This is a nice idea and I can see how it could be useful. But my impression
is that few projects refer consistently to a bug tracking app in the commit
comments, and some who do use different conventions, like "issue #14" or
just "#14". I fear that this feature would be difficult to explain in the
manual and would frustrate users who happen to use a different convention.

I think that this would be better solved by post-processing the HTML files
generated by StatCvs. A few (one?) lines of Perl should do the job and would
be more easily adapted to different conventions and uses. Like, for example,
linking to both a bug tracker ("bug #123") and RFE tracker ("RFE #456"),
like at SourceForge.

I'd be happy to host or provide a link to such a script at the StatCvs
homepage.

Best regards,
Richard