Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracLinks


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     1= Trac Links =
     2As you might have guessed, TracLinks are a very fundamental feature of Trac.
     3
     4They allow hyperlinking between Trac entities (tickets, reports, changesets, Wiki
     5pages, milestones and source files) from anywhere WikiFormatting is used.
     6
     7TracLinks are generally of the form '''type:id''' (where ''id'' represents the
     8number, name or path of the item) though some frequently used kinds of items
     9also have short-hand notations.
     10
     11Some examples:
     12 * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1'''
     13 * Reports: '''!{1}''' or '''!report:1'''
     14 * Changesets: '''!r1''', '''![1]''' or '''!changeset:1'''
     15 * Revision log: '''!r1:3''', '''![1:3]''' or '''!log:#1:3'''
     16 * Wiki pages: '''CamelCase''' or '''!wiki:CamelCase'''
     17 * Milestones: '''!milestone:1.0'''
     18 * Attachment: '''!attachment:ticket:944:attachment.1073.diff'''
     19 * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING'''
     20 * A specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING#200'''
     21Display:
     22 * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1
     23 * Reports: {1} or report:1
     24 * Changesets: r1, [1] or changeset:1
     25 * Differences: r1:3, [1:3] or log:#1:3
     26 * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
     27 * Milestones: milestone:1.0
     28 * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
     29 * Attachment: attachment:ticket:944:attachment.1073.diff
     30 * A specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING#200
     31
     32'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
     33pages whose names do not follow WikiPageNames rules, i.e., single words,
     34non-alphabetic characters, etc.
     35
     36Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
     37link title like this:
     38
     39{{{
     40[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     41}}}
     42
     43Display: [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     44
     45If the title is be omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:
     46
     47{{{
     48[ticket:1]
     49}}}
     50
     51Display: [ticket:1]
     52
     53It might seem a simple enough concept at a glance, but actually allows quite a complex network of information. In practice, it's very intuitive and simple to use, and we've found the "link trail" extremely helpful to better understand what's happening in a project or why a particular change was made.
     54
     55== attachement: links ==
     56
     57The link syntax for attachments is as follows:
     58 * !attachment:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the current object
     59 * !attachment:wiki:MyPage:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the !MyPage wiki page
     60 * !attachment:ticket:753:the_file.txt creates a link to the attachment the_file.txt of the ticket 753 !attachment:wiki:MyPage:the_file.txt
     61
     62== source: links ==
     63
     64The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser
     65if the path points to a directory and otherwise open the log view.
     66It's also possible to link directly to a specific revision of a file like this: source:/some/file@123
     67or like this to link to the latest revision: source:/some/file@latest.
     68If the revision is specified, one can even link to a specific line number: !source:/some/file@123#L10
     69[[comment(TODO: remove the ! when Edgewall Trac is upgraded with the support for the line syntax)]]
     70
     71== Quoting space in TracLinks ==
     72
     73The usual syntax for quoting space is:
     74
     75 * !attachment:'the file.txt' or
     76 * !attachment:"the file.txt"
     77
     78== Where to use TracLinks ==
     79You can use TracLinks in:
     80
     81 * Source code (Subversion) commit messages
     82 * Wiki pages
     83 * Full descriptions for tickets, reports and milestones
     84
     85and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting.
     86
     87== Escaping Links ==
     88
     89To prevent parsing of a !TracLink, you can escape it by preceding it with a '!' (exclamation mark).
     90{{{
     91 !NoLinkHere.
     92 ![42] is not a link either.
     93}}}
     94
     95Display:
     96 !NoLinkHere.
     97 ![42] is not a link either.
     98
     99----
     100See also: WikiFormatting, TracWiki
     101