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Introduce weak link between PR and Issue

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, github-actions, python
Domain
devtools, release

Research direction

The issue points to PR descriptions and GitHub’s default closing keywords as the starting points. Trace the existing keyword handling in the action, then verify that Relates #Nr links an issue without closing it after a merge, while the current closing keywords retain their behavior.

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Description

enhancement

Background

In the current implementation, GitHub default keywords are used in the PR description to link the Issues.
All these keywords close the mentioned Issue when PR is merged.

Feature

Add similar keywords to link Issue(s) with PRs: Relates #Nr
This keyword will allow the team to link more partial or related PRs to one Issue without Closing after the first merge.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
13
Forks
0
Avg merge
1m
Merged PRs (30d)
5

Getting set up

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.

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