GitHub issues

Introduction to GitHub Concepts

Jasmin Ludolf

Content Developer, DataCamp

What is an issue?

Messages to help:
- Track problem fixes
- Plans
- Important tasks
- Other communications

Navy illustration of an envelope.

Issues

Screenshot of the main view of the private repo for bank marketing owned by George Boorman with the Issues tab highlighted

Create a new issue

View of the issues page with a highlight on the New issue button

Create a new issue

View when creating a new issue

Create a new issue

View when creating a new issue with title and body filled in

Create a new issue

View when creating a new issue with title and body filled in and submit new issue button highlighted

Assign an issue

View of a submitted issue without any assignments

Assign an issue

View of completed issue with the assignment option open

Assign an issue

View of submitted issue with an assigned user

Tagging

Animated image showing the process to tag a user in an issue but using the at symbol and username.

Assign vs. Tag

Assign : Who should work on the issue
Tag : Who needs to read the issue

Illustration showing two colleagues communicating with each other, there are two speech bubbles and one is holding a laptop.

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Comment on an issue

View of adding a comment to an existing issue

Link to another issue

View of linking to another issue

Link to another issue

View after an issue has been linked

Quote a previous comment

View to find the quote reply button

Quote a previous comment

View of a quoted comment

Close an issue

View of the closing comment

Close an issue

View of the closing comment with the dropdown arrow highlighted

Close an issue

View of a closed issue

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Introduction to GitHub Concepts

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