GitHub Issues - Do you use Issue Templates?

Last updated by Christian Morford-Waite [SSW] 15 days ago.See history

GitHub Issues offer a great way of raising Issues within projects. However, it can be difficult to distinguish whether the Issue is a bug, feature request or just a question. GitHub Issue Templates should be used to help standardize Issues and ensure they have enough information for a developer to start work.

Let's take a look at how implementing Issue Templates can improve repository backlogs...

bad example issue
Figure: Bad example - Issue created without a Template

good example issue
Figure: Good example - Issue created from a Template

list of options
Figure: Good example - All the available Issue Template

For instructions on setting this up, check out:

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