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Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău

Reputation: 113425

Is possible to store repository issues in the git repository?

Is possible to store the project issues in its git repository?

I know that git doesn't support this feature and the issues are stored in the provider site (eg. Bitbucket, Github).

I would like to develop a project as a free private repository on Bitbucket, and when it is finished to make it open source moving it to Github. The problem is that the issues reported in the Bitbucket repo will not be available in the Github repo, because they are stored in the Bitbucket databases.

Which is the best solution?

Upvotes: 9

Views: 2443

Answers (2)

UltraMaster
UltraMaster

Reputation: 1134

You can use git-bug or git-issue. Both of these projects implement an issue tracker that stores issues directly into your git repository. That way you can migrate your repo between any git service.

Upvotes: 13

Ben Straub
Ben Straub

Reputation: 5776

Issues are kind of orthogonal to code (i.e. they transcend version snapshots), so it's useful to have a separate system for them. As such, git has no built-in system for issue tracking.

Since BitBucket and GitHub both have APIs for issues, there are easy ways to migrate the issues across. Searching for "migrate bitbucket issues to github" produces at least one script to do exactly that.

Upvotes: 3

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