microsoft / microsoft/vscode-github-issue-notebooks

🥇 Feature Request: pane preview for issues and for PRs.

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feature-request
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
237
Forks
37
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Current Behavior

I frequently use the Github Issues notebook to view pull requests and issues for repos of interest. Filtering out a list of potentially interesting URLs based on topic, tag, author, etc. is very quick! -- but it can be quite time-consuming to click each issue, open it in a new browser tab, and then read through.

Desired Behavior

Generate a preview of a selected issue or a PR description in a new pane (similar to the markdown preview extension). Alternately, use the Github Remote Repositories extension to view the PR in a new tab.

Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 5 13 35 AM

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing how the GitHub Issues notebook displays selected issues and pull requests, then compare the markdown preview and GitHub Remote Repositories extensions mentioned in the request. Done means a selected issue or PR description can be previewed in a new pane, or the chosen alternative is implemented and verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop, developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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