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 * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING'''
     19 * A specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING#200'''
     20Display:
     21 * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1
     22 * Reports: {1} or report:1
     23 * Changesets: r1, [1] or changeset:1
     24 * Differences: r1:3, [1:3] or log:#1:3
     25 * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
     26 * Milestones: milestone:1.0
     27 * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
     28 * A specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING#200
     29
     30'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
     31pages whose names do not follow WikiPageNames rules, i.e., single words,
     32non-alphabetic characters, etc.
     33
     34Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
     35link title like this:
     36
     37{{{
     38[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     39}}}
     40
     41Display: [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
     42
     43If the title is be omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:
     44
     45{{{
     46[ticket:1]
     47}}}
     48
     49Display: [ticket:1]
     50
     51It 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.
     52
     53== source: links ==
     54The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser if the path points
     55to a directory and otherwise open the log view. It's also possible to link directly to a specific
     56revision of a file like this: source:/some/file#123 or like this to link to the latest revision:
     57source:/some/file#latest.
     58
     59== Where to use TracLinks ==
     60You can use TracLinks in:
     61
     62 * Source code (Subversion) commit messages
     63 * Wiki pages
     64 * Full descriptions for tickets, reports and milestones
     65
     66and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting.
     67
     68== Escaping Links ==
     69
     70To prevent parsing of a !TracLink, you can escape it by preceding it with a '!' (exclamation mark).
     71{{{
     72 !NoLinkHere.
     73 ![42] is not a link either.
     74}}}
     75
     76Display:
     77 !NoLinkHere.
     78 ![42] is not a link either.
     79
     80----
     81See also: WikiFormatting, TracWiki
     82