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Epic: "Meta Data Table" in Issue Description

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Description

enhancement epic please-test priority-2 question

As a user of the GitHub Backup App,
I want to see at a glance if an issue has "version history"
so that I know there is "history" and I can click to see it!

Acceptance Criteria

  • Meta Table should be inserted into the issue description when the issue is Created.

    • a comment advising people not to delete/change it.
      e.g: <!-- avoid editing below this line to preserve issue history --> (see below)
  • Minimise space occupied by the table to Two Rows to avoid clutter:
    Heading (Key) & Row-Cell (Value) >> see below for example.

  • Display the revision count for the issue.
    We already have a "Proof of Concept" for using SVG as a Counter: http://hits.dwyl.io
    e.g: HitCount

  • Display a "short link" (dependent on the App / Domain Name chosen. see: #13)

Optional (Nice-to-Have)

  • Subtle Color/Branding in the table.

Question / Discussion:

What other info would it be useful to display in the "Meta Table"?
(or should we "keep it simple for MVP and ask users once deployed...?)

Example:

Issue Edit Count View History
9 gibu.io/dwhq321

Note: I would prefer to have a single-line table (for even less "clutter") e.g:

+---------------------+-------------------------------+
| Issue Edit Count: 9 | View History: gibu.io/dwhq321 |
+---------------------+-------------------------------+

But sadly markdown does not support it:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17536216/create-table-without-header-in-markdown

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