githubgithub-issues
I was wondering if there is a way to suggest a template to users that submit issues to my GitHub repository. Basically, whenever one of them opened the Issues form, I'd like for something like this to show up:
### What I want
-
-
### What I need it for
-
-
### When I need it
-
So I wouldn't need to browse through poorly detailed, or excessively verbose issues when I need to set priorities.
It doesn't have to be on GitHub per se, I'm ok with a third-party client (even a paid one).
Nowadays, GitHub supports archiving repositories.
Archiving repositories
You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
...
- On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
Under your repository name, click ⚙ Settings.
Under "Danger Zone", click Archive this repository or Unarchive this repository.
- Read the warnings.
Type the name of the repository you want to archive or unarchive.
- Click I understand the consequences, archive this repository.
Read more at GitHub help on Archiving a GitHub repository
There is an Issues API. To get all issues from a repo, you can use cURL:
curl -i https://api.github.com/repos/username/reponame/issues
This returns a JSON encoded list of all issues. And …
curl -i https://api.github.com/repos/username/reponame/issues?status=open
… returns all open issues. Now you just have to convert the JSON to CSV and you are set.
Best Answer
Simply create
{user}/{repository}/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.mdwith any content you would like to see. It will be pasted automatically into newly created issues. You could also put it openly in the root directory of the repository, use lowercase, use a different supported file extension (like.txt) or omit it altogether.github/template.go