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What's the reasoning behind the different characters in slash commands? # Why /milestone %milestone /label ~foo # Instead of /milestone mi
by mikewhy 10y ago
What's the reasoning behind the different characters in slash commands?
# Why
/milestone %milestone
/label ~foo
# Instead of
/milestone milestone
/label foo
- DouweM 10y agoBoth of those formats also work in comments outside of slash commands, are automatically linked to the respective entity, and label references are rendered as pretty labels, with their color and description tooltip. Using those characters also enables autocomplete in the Markdown textarea. In the web interface, they are very convenient, but they are not required, so when using slash commands with reply-by-email, you can leave them out and write exactly what you have under "Instead of"