microsoft / microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github
Set issue type when creating new issue
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Description
When creating a new issue I'm unable to set the issue's type. This feels like missing behavior since I can use ${issueType} in the format for issue branch names. Currently when I file an issue and immediately start work on it my branch names start with ${issueType}. And if I add it on the web it takes time before the value syncs locally so I still end up with ${issueType} in my branch name
I've tried adding Type when creating the issue but no such luck.
Is this just a straight forward changes in these spots? (Never done extension development to figure out how to try myself.)
- https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/blob/main/src/issues/issueFile.ts#L13
- https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/blob/main/src/issues/issueFeatureRegistrar.ts#L769
- https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/blob/main/src/issues/issueFeatureRegistrar.ts#L1133
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