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A feature I miss in GitLab and Github is an issue tracker across multiple repos. For example, our project has 5-10 repos but they are all part of single release

A feature I miss in GitLab and Github is an issue tracker across multiple repos. For example, our project has 5-10 repos but they are all part of single release/milestone. Currently, we have to create milestones in each of the repos and assign issues to those milestones. It's really a hassle. We cross reference commits a lot in the issues and this is the reason why we don't create a "empty" repo simple for common issues. Unless there is some way to say something like "Fixes commonissuetracker#43". Thanks, a very happy gitlab user

sytse 11y ago
Glad to hear you're a very happy user! We do the same thing as you, create the same milestone in each of the repo's and then use the group milestone view to see an overview. It would be nice to have a create milestone at the group level that creates the milestone in all projects, would you be willing to contribute that? Mentioning issues or merge requests in other projects can be done with the cross project reference, found in the right hand side of every issue and merge request, for example gitlab/organization#260
- rcthompson 11y ago
  I think the real angle of this feature should be to abstract the concept of "project" so that it is no longer synonymous with "git repository". And the migration path is pretty straightforward: every repo becomes a project containing a single repo, and then users can merge existing projects to create multi-repo projects (at which point you'd probably have to re-number every issue, pull request, etc. to avoid collisions).
  - sytse 11y ago
    We looked into this but it creates a lot of complexity. The group milestone view solve the problem neatly.
    - rcthompson 11y ago
      That seems pretty reasonable, maybe even preferable. Having issues attached to specific repos but synchronized to cross-repo common milestones sounds like it would work well.
      - sytse 11y ago
        Thanks! To give you an idea of how it looks I've attached a screenshot of our group milestone overview https://www.dropbox.com/s/ectdan1qc22vd3k/Screenshot%202015-07-09%2022.34.05.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ectdan1qc22vd3k/Screenshot%202015-... and a specific milestone https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqb6rhaxafrmrtn/Screenshot%202015-07-09%2022.35.56.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqb6rhaxafrmrtn/Screenshot%202015-...
  - BinaryIdiot 11y ago
    I like this way of organizing. At my last company we had a very, vary large project that had about 70 git repos (and that was after combining quite a few of them). A project view would have made that so much easier to manage.
  - chetanahuja 11y ago
    We use gitlab at PacketZoom too and are mostly happy with this. But yes, I second the request for either: a) Creation of a project independent of git repos. OR b) At least a way to attach issues across projects. Issue management is probably the weakest part of gitlab and one of the big reasons is this fragmentation of issues across git repos. It's trivial to see that issues can and will cut across git repos in any reasonably complex product. Another "nice to have" feature would be an ability to create "dependent" issues.
- habith 11y ago
  I just looked at the pricing page on Gitlab.com and was genuinely interested in trying it out. But the pricing language and structure on the page turned me off instantly. I thought to myself: "$3.25 per user per month? Sweet! I can throw $6.5 to try it out without the hassle of setting up yet another VM. Charged yearly? Eh, seems to be a bit of a commitment. Oh wait, in multiples of 10? that's $390 upfront with 8 extra licenses for a year!" Compare that to Digital Ocean's pricing page: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ They list the monthly price first but they actually bill hourly. It seems more honest and upfront to tell me what I'm in for. I understand that you're competitive compared to Github enterprise, but I think that page needs some work to make it more trustworthy and less salesman-pitch-y. Even Github lists that they start from $2500 upfront, not $3.25 + read the fine print. Best of luck to you and congratulations on the funding. Edit: And I just noticed that's actually for the on-site EE and that Gitlab.com is free. Oy vey.
  - sytse 11y ago
    Thanks for your thoughtful comment. We had yearly prices before but most people expect a price per month (our prices are pretty low so many people assumed our yearly price was our monthly one). I agree that now it is hard to make out the minimum order size, you need to do x10x12. Would it be an improvement if we add '$390 per user pack' to the list of items below the price to save you this calculation? BTW If you want to try it out we do have a money back guaranty.
    - merb 11y ago
      it would be great if you would change it to something like "monthly subscription" "per user pricing". Which means I could start with 2 users, add 10 and pay for them and maybe then I will kick two in the next month and will pay for 10. Paying on demand is something that I think would be really really good. AWS style.
      - sytse 11y ago
        I understand that need but having smaller tiers that 10 people is inefficient on our side and we would need to raise the price.
subpixel 11y ago
This is a feature of ZenHub (zenhub.io). I'm not a customer, though I may sign up in order to be able to get a 'dashboard-like' project management overview of issues across client projects.
dugmartin 11y ago
I heard about this service on Startups for the Rest of Us: https://codetree.com/ https://codetree.com/ It allows you to create projects with multiple repos and then manage issues at the project level. I signed up and tried out a test account - it looks pretty nice. I haven't used it for any real projects however.
nahname 11y ago
You can do exactly that with github. org/app PR with the first line "Fixes org/tracking#43" will link the PR to the tracking repo's issue. Merging the PR closes the issue.
- sytse 11y ago
  Yep, works the same in GitLab
jonursenbach 11y ago
We use https://waffle.io/ https://waffle.io/ to take care of this.

sytse 11y ago

Glad to hear you're a very happy user! We do the same thing as you, create the same milestone in each of the repo's and then use the group milestone view to see an overview. It would be nice to have a create milestone at the group level that creates the milestone in all projects, would you be willing to contribute that? Mentioning issues or merge requests in other projects can be done with the cross project reference, found in the right hand side of every issue and merge request, for example gitlab/organization#260

rcthompson 11y ago
I think the real angle of this feature should be to abstract the concept of "project" so that it is no longer synonymous with "git repository". And the migration path is pretty straightforward: every repo becomes a project containing a single repo, and then users can merge existing projects to create multi-repo projects (at which point you'd probably have to re-number every issue, pull request, etc. to avoid collisions).
- sytse 11y ago
  We looked into this but it creates a lot of complexity. The group milestone view solve the problem neatly.
  - rcthompson 11y ago
    That seems pretty reasonable, maybe even preferable. Having issues attached to specific repos but synchronized to cross-repo common milestones sounds like it would work well.
    - sytse 11y ago
      Thanks! To give you an idea of how it looks I've attached a screenshot of our group milestone overview https://www.dropbox.com/s/ectdan1qc22vd3k/Screenshot%202015-07-09%2022.34.05.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ectdan1qc22vd3k/Screenshot%202015-... and a specific milestone https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqb6rhaxafrmrtn/Screenshot%202015-07-09%2022.35.56.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqb6rhaxafrmrtn/Screenshot%202015-...
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago
  I like this way of organizing. At my last company we had a very, vary large project that had about 70 git repos (and that was after combining quite a few of them). A project view would have made that so much easier to manage.
- chetanahuja 11y ago
  We use gitlab at PacketZoom too and are mostly happy with this. But yes, I second the request for either: a) Creation of a project independent of git repos. OR b) At least a way to attach issues across projects. Issue management is probably the weakest part of gitlab and one of the big reasons is this fragmentation of issues across git repos. It's trivial to see that issues can and will cut across git repos in any reasonably complex product. Another "nice to have" feature would be an ability to create "dependent" issues.
habith 11y ago
I just looked at the pricing page on Gitlab.com and was genuinely interested in trying it out. But the pricing language and structure on the page turned me off instantly. I thought to myself: "$3.25 per user per month? Sweet! I can throw $6.5 to try it out without the hassle of setting up yet another VM. Charged yearly? Eh, seems to be a bit of a commitment. Oh wait, in multiples of 10? that's $390 upfront with 8 extra licenses for a year!" Compare that to Digital Ocean's pricing page: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ They list the monthly price first but they actually bill hourly. It seems more honest and upfront to tell me what I'm in for. I understand that you're competitive compared to Github enterprise, but I think that page needs some work to make it more trustworthy and less salesman-pitch-y. Even Github lists that they start from $2500 upfront, not $3.25 + read the fine print. Best of luck to you and congratulations on the funding. Edit: And I just noticed that's actually for the on-site EE and that Gitlab.com is free. Oy vey.
- sytse 11y ago
  Thanks for your thoughtful comment. We had yearly prices before but most people expect a price per month (our prices are pretty low so many people assumed our yearly price was our monthly one). I agree that now it is hard to make out the minimum order size, you need to do x10x12. Would it be an improvement if we add '$390 per user pack' to the list of items below the price to save you this calculation? BTW If you want to try it out we do have a money back guaranty.
  - merb 11y ago
    it would be great if you would change it to something like "monthly subscription" "per user pricing". Which means I could start with 2 users, add 10 and pay for them and maybe then I will kick two in the next month and will pay for 10. Paying on demand is something that I think would be really really good. AWS style.
    - sytse 11y ago
      I understand that need but having smaller tiers that 10 people is inefficient on our side and we would need to raise the price.

subpixel 11y ago

This is a feature of ZenHub (zenhub.io). I'm not a customer, though I may sign up in order to be able to get a 'dashboard-like' project management overview of issues across client projects.

dugmartin 11y ago

I heard about this service on Startups for the Rest of Us: https://codetree.com/ https://codetree.com/ It allows you to create projects with multiple repos and then manage issues at the project level. I signed up and tried out a test account - it looks pretty nice. I haven't used it for any real projects however.

nahname 11y ago

You can do exactly that with github. org/app PR with the first line "Fixes org/tracking#43" will link the PR to the tracking repo's issue. Merging the PR closes the issue.

sytse 11y ago
Yep, works the same in GitLab

jonursenbach 11y ago

We use https://waffle.io/ https://waffle.io/ to take care of this.