A Redmine plugin that lets each tracker (issue type) in a project have its own description template, used to pre-fill the description field when a new issue is created.
- One template per (project, tracker) pair.
- On the new-issue form, the description is pre-filled with the template of the currently selected tracker, and keeps swapping to match as you change the tracker dropdown, right up until you actually edit the text. Once it no longer matches a template verbatim, it's treated as your own text and never overwritten again.
- Templates are managed from the project's Settings > Issue templates tab.
Templates are managed inside the existing Issue tracking project module:
| Permission | Allows |
|---|---|
manage_issue_templates |
Create, edit and delete issue templates |
This permission requires project membership (require: :member), so it can be granted to any
role, typically the Manager role, from Administration > Roles and permissions. Any project
member can still use a template (it's just the pre-filled description on the new issue form);
only members whose role has manage_issue_templates can change it.
cd redmine
git clone git@github.com:renuo/redmine_issue_templates.git plugins/redmine_issue_templates
bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:migrate RAILS_ENV=productionRestart Redmine afterwards.
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