link to other system issue number in gerrit code review page based on commit message

Question

I used to write commit message to connect issue system like issue #9548, redmine start page is fixed, and wonder whether it can be written in hook or plugin in gerrit system.

So in the code review page, the issue #9548 can be automatically show the http link to my issues system (like redmine): => issue#9548,redmine start page is fixed

It will be easily for code review.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. In your Gerrit configuration, you have to provide a regex expression for the string in the commit message and the link to your bugtracker with wildcards. See the Gerrit documentation. For your example, you would have a regex like (issue\s+#?)(\d+)

Answer 2

If you use Jira and have your Jira case number first in the commit message, add the following to gerrit.config to get links when viewing change sets:

[commentlink "jira"]
    match = "^([A-Z]*-[0-9]*)"
    link = http://jira/browse/$1

Some supported commit message formats (paste into Rubular to test):

• PRJ-123: This is my commit message
• ABC-123 - Something: Yes yes
• PROJ-123
• ABCD-123 - Message

For more examples, see the Gerrit documentation on Section commentlink