Support both numeric and alphanumeric External Issue Tracker Number Format #8095

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T07:53:47-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:53:47 -06:00

Originally created by @strk on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021).

Feature Description

We recently decided to move to a new issue tracker but the git repository is full of numeric issue tracker numbers, like #1012.
In order to distinguish, in history, between the old tracker and the new tracker, we plan to use NT-10 syntax but the current repository settings for Gitea only allows either Numeric or Alphanumeric, not both, so if we enable Alphanumeric the #1012references will stop working.

I do like the fact that when Alphanumeric is enabled the external tracker also receives the alphabetic part of the reference (so it can redirect the user to the appropriate tracker) but unless the #1012 old references turn to links, we're missing links from the historical tracker.

This issue is to allow rendering both syntaxes, passing the whole information to the external tracker.

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Originally created by @strk on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021). ### Feature Description We recently decided to move to a new issue tracker but the git repository is full of numeric issue tracker numbers, like `#1012`. In order to distinguish, in history, between the old tracker and the new tracker, we plan to use `NT-10` syntax but the current repository settings for Gitea only allows either Numeric or Alphanumeric, not both, so if we enable Alphanumeric the `#1012`references will stop working. I do like the fact that when Alphanumeric is enabled the external tracker also receives the alphabetic part of the reference (so it can redirect the user to the appropriate tracker) but unless the `#1012` old references turn to links, we're missing links from the historical tracker. This issue is to allow rendering *both* syntaxes, passing the whole information to the external tracker. ### Screenshots _No response_

GiteaMirror added the type/proposal label 2025-11-02 07:53:47 -06:00

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2025-11-02 07:53:47 -06:00

@lunny commented on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021):

Looks like complicated.

@lunny commented on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021): Looks like complicated.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 07:53:47 -06:00

@strk commented on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021):

Isn't #4265 going in that direction ?

@strk commented on GitHub (Nov 12, 2021): Isn't #4265 going in that direction ?

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#8095