Source Control Integration
This feature is available only in BUGtrack Professional Edition.
Use
In software projects, it is important to keep track of all source code changes. BUGtrack can be integrated with various source control systems, such as CVS and Microsoft Visual Source Safe. This feature allows linking every code change with a specific BUGtrack record, so your project team members can always see why a source file was altered. With source control integration, each check-in will contain information on the bug it is supposed to fix and, on the other hand, the bug will contain a complete list of check-ins associated with it.
Basically, the integration process relies both on your source control system and BUGtrack:
- The source control system should be configured to notify BUGtrack whenever a bug-relevant file is checked in; this is achieved with a special trigger script which is activated by check-in event.
- BUGtrack records updated via source control integration will contain an additional Checkins section with all related check-ins listed as hyperlinks to allow instantaneous access to specific source file versions.
The two following sections describe how to setup and use BUGtrack integration with Microsoft Visual Source Safe and CVS integration.