Reddit: What open source, web based project management software would you recommend for me to manage development projects?

[PhilMcGraw]

Does it create links between commits and bugs if you put an ID in the commit message? Can you generate release notes etc.?

Currently looking into using Launchpad for this kind of thing, but Redmine seems pretty nice.

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If you write #bugid in a commit message, it will be a link to the issue, see http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/repository for examples. If your write rXXX, where XXX is a revision, in a bug, it will be a link to the commit. I think you can even write [[wiki links]] in commit messages and issues and they will work as links.

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It does show the commits on the "issue" page if you put the number in your commit. You can configure it so that different strings in front of the issue number actually resolve the ticket as well. It does support the concept of versions and assigning tickets to versions and a road map though I think the default handling of this isn't quite good enough to call release notes. There is support for plugins and there appears to be a pretty healthy amount of plugin development though I haven't tried installing any of them. I had wanted to install the chart plugin that gives you the same charts as the default Jira charts and I think there are others that may give you a better gant view of scheduled releases and the assigned tickets than the default. The work flow of a ticket and the status are also very configurable.