Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of NewTicketLikeThisPlugin
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NewTicketLikeThisPlugin
v4 v5 1 1 [[PageOutline(2-5,Contents,pullout)]] 2 2 3 = New Ticket Like This =3 = New Ticket Like This 4 4 5 == Description ==5 == Description 6 6 7 The NewTicketLikeThisPlugin adds a "Clone" button to existing tickets, 8 which lets you create a new ticket whose fields derive from the original 9 ticket if you have the appropriate permission. 7 The NewTicketLikeThisPlugin adds a "Clone" button to existing tickets, which lets you create a new ticket of which the fields are derived from the original ticket if you have the appropriate permission. 10 8 11 It is based on the tracopt.ticket.clone.ticketclonebutton extension that 12 ships with Trac core. Unlike that extension, the NewTicketLikeThisPlugin 13 defines and consumes a pluggable interface for implementing custom policies 14 to determine the way in which a new ticket is derived from the original. 15 This allows flexible, customized business logic to be provided based on 16 the needs and workflows of your team. Also, the NewTicketLikeThisPlugin 17 allows you to configure the permission required to clone a ticket, whereas 18 the core ``ticketclonebutton`` hard-codes the TICKET_ADMIN permission. 9 It is based on the tracopt.ticket.clone.ticketclonebutton extension that ships with Trac core. Unlike that extension, the NewTicketLikeThisPlugin defines and consumes a pluggable interface for implementing custom policies to determine the way in which a new ticket is derived from the original. 10 This allows flexible, customized business logic to be provided based on the needs and workflows of your team. Also, the NewTicketLikeThisPlugin allows you to configure the permission required to clone a ticket, whereas the core `ticketclonebutton` hard-codes the TICKET_ADMIN permission. 19 11 20 Two policies are provided by default, in the ``newticketlikethis.policies`` 21 module: 12 Two policies are provided by default in the `newticketlikethis.policies` module: 22 13 23 * !SimpleTicketCloner mimics the behavior of the ` `core tracopt.ticket.clone.ticketclonebutton`` extension: all fields from the original ticket are cloned, and the "summary" and "description" fields are modified to denote the ticket that they were cloned from.14 * !SimpleTicketCloner mimics the behavior of the `core tracopt.ticket.clone.ticketclonebutton` extension: all fields from the original ticket are cloned, and the "summary" and "description" fields are modified to denote the ticket that they were cloned from. 24 15 25 * !ExcludedFieldsTicketCloner clones all fields from the original ticket with no modifications. 16 * !ExcludedFieldsTicketCloner clones all fields from the original ticket with no modifications. It can also ignore certain fields entirely, based on a configuration setting, which will force the new ticket to be generated with the system's default values (or no values) for the fields that were excluded. 26 17 27 More complex policies might implement custom logic for deriving new ticket 28 values based on the values of the existing ticket's fields, or use 29 alternate cloning policies based on the ticket's type. 18 More complex policies might implement custom logic for deriving new ticket values based on the values of the existing ticket's fields, or use alternate cloning policies based on the ticket's type. 30 19 20 == Bugs/Feature Requests 31 21 32 == Bugs/Feature Requests == 22 Existing bugs and feature requests for NewTicketLikeThisPlugin are [report:9?COMPONENT=NewTicketLikeThisPlugin here]. 33 23 34 Existing bugs and feature requests for NewTicketLikeThisPlugin are 35 [report:9?COMPONENT=NewTicketLikeThisPlugin here]. 24 If you have any issues, create a [http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=NewTicketLikeThisPlugin&owner=ejucovy new ticket]. 36 25 37 If you have any issues, create a 38 [http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=NewTicketLikeThisPlugin&owner=ejucovy new ticket]. 39 40 == Download == 26 == Download 41 27 42 28 Download the zipped source from [https://github.com/boldprogressives/trac-NewTicketLikeThisPlugin/tags here]. 43 29 44 == Source ==30 == Source 45 31 46 32 You can clone NewTicketLikeThisPlugin from [git://github.com/boldprogressives/trac-NewTicketLikeThisPlugin.git here] using Git, or [https://github.com/boldprogressives/trac-NewTicketLikeThisPlugin browse the source] with Github. 47 33 48 == Example ==34 == Example 49 35 50 To use the plugin, install it in your Trac environment and enable its 51 components in ``trac.ini``:: 36 To use the plugin, install it in your Trac environment and enable its components in `trac.ini`: 52 37 {{{ 53 38 [components] 54 39 newticketlikethis.* = enabled 55 40 }}} 56 By default this will add the "Clone" button to the ticket view, and57 will use the ``SimpleTicketCloner`` component to clone your tickets.58 The ``TICKET_ADMIN`` permission will be required for cloning tickets.59 41 42 By default this will add the "Clone" button to the ticket view, and will use the `SimpleTicketCloner` component to clone your tickets. 43 The `TICKET_ADMIN` permission will be required for cloning tickets. 60 44 61 == Recent Changes ==45 == Recent Changes 62 46 63 47 [[ChangeLog(newticketlikethisplugin, 3)]] 64 48 65 == Author/Contributors ==49 == Author/Contributors 66 50 67 51 '''Author:''' [wiki:ejucovy] [[BR]]
