Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of TracLinks


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    1717and any other text fields explicitly marked as supporting WikiFormatting.
    1818
    19 Some examples:
    20  * Tickets: '''!#1''' or '''!ticket:1'''
    21  * Ticket comments: '''!comment:1:ticket:2'''
    22  * Reports: '''!{1}''' or '''!report:1'''
    23  * Changesets: '''!r1''', '''![1]''', '''!changeset:1''' or (restricted) '''![1/trunk]''', '''!changeset:1/trunk'''
    24  * Revision log: '''!r1:3''', '''![1:3]''' or '''!log:@1:3''', '''!log:trunk@1:3''', '''![2:5/trunk]'''
    25  * Diffs (requires [trac:milestone:0.10 0.10]): '''!diff:@1:3''', '''!diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default''' or '''!diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539'''
    26  * Wiki pages: '''!CamelCase''' or '''!wiki:CamelCase'''
    27  * Parent page: '''![..]'''
    28  * Milestones: '''!milestone:1.0'''
    29  * Attachment: '''!attachment:example.tgz''' (for current page attachment), '''!attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944'''
    30 (absolute path)
    31  * Files: '''!source:trunk/COPYING'''
    32  * A specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING@200'''
    33  * A particular line of a specific file revision: '''!source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25'''
    34 Display:
    35  * Tickets: #1 or ticket:1
    36  * Ticket comments: comment:1:ticket:2
    37  * Reports: {1} or report:1
    38  * Changesets: r1, [1], changeset:1 or (restricted) [1/trunk], changeset:1/trunk
    39  * Revision log: r1:3, [1:3] or log:@1:3, log:trunk@1:3, [2:5/trunk]
    40  * Diffs (requires [milestone:0.10 0.10]): diff:@1:3, diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default or diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539
    41  * Wiki pages: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
    42  * Parent page: [..]
    43  * Milestones: milestone:1.0
    44  * Attachment: attachment:example.tgz (for current page attachment), attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944
    45 (absolute path)
    46  * Files: source:trunk/COPYING
    47  * A specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING@200
    48  * A particular line of a specific file revision: source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25
     19== Overview ==
     20
     21||= Wiki Markup =||= Display =||
     22{{{#!td
     23 Wiki pages :: `CamelCase` or `wiki:CamelCase`
     24 Parent page :: `[..]`
     25 Tickets :: `#1` or `ticket:1`
     26 Ticket comments :: `comment:1:ticket:2`
     27 Reports :: `{1}` or `report:1`
     28 Milestones :: `milestone:1.0`
     29 Attachment :: `attachment:example.tgz` (for current page attachment), `attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944` (absolute path)
     30 Changesets :: `r1`, `[1]`, `changeset:1` or (restricted) `[1/trunk]`, `changeset:1/trunk`
     31 Revision log :: `r1:3`, `[1:3]` or `log:@1:3`, `log:trunk@1:3`, `[2:5/trunk]`
     32 Diffs :: `diff:@1:3`, `diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default`
     33          or `diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539`
     34 Files :: `source:trunk/COPYING`, `source:/trunk/COPYING@200` (at version 200), `source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25` (at version 200, line 25)
     35}}}
     36{{{#!td
     37 Wiki pages :: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
     38 Parent page :: [..]
     39 Tickets :: #1 or ticket:1
     40 Ticket comments :: comment:1:ticket:2
     41 Reports :: {1} or report:1
     42 Milestones :: milestone:1.0
     43 Attachment :: attachment:example.tgz (for current page attachment), attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944 (absolute path)
     44 Changesets :: r1, [1], changeset:1 or (restricted) [1/trunk], changeset:1/trunk
     45 Revision log :: r1:3, [1:3] or log:@1:3, log:trunk@1:3, [2:5/trunk]
     46 Diffs :: diff:@1:3, diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default
     47          or diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539
     48 Files :: source:trunk/COPYING, source:/trunk/COPYING@200 (at version 200), source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25 (at version 200, line 25)
     49}}}
    4950
    5051'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
     
    5354to links to Wiki page names.
    5455
    55 Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom
    56 link title like this:
    57 
    58 {{{
    59 [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
    60 }}}
    61 
    62 Display: [ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one].
    63 
    64 If the title is omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:
    65 
    66 {{{
    67 [ticket:1]
    68 }}}
    69 
    70 Display: [ticket:1]
    71 
    72 `wiki` is the default if the namespace part of a full link is omitted (''since version 0.10''):
    73 
    74 {{{
    75 [SandBox the sandbox]
    76 }}}
    77 
    78 Display: [SandBox the sandbox]
     56
     57{{{#!table class=""
     58|||| Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom link title like this: ||
     59{{{#!td
     60{{{
     61[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or
     62[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]].
     63}}}
     64}}}
     65{{{#!td
     66[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or
     67[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]].
     68}}}
     69|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     70|||| If the title is omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:  ||
     71{{{#!td
     72{{{
     73[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]]
     74}}}
     75}}}
     76{{{#!td
     77[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]]
     78}}}
     79|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     80|||| `wiki` is the default if the namespace part of a full link is omitted:  ||
     81{{{#!td
     82{{{
     83[SandBox the sandbox] or
     84[[SandBox|the sandbox]]
     85}}}
     86}}}
     87{{{#!td
     88[SandBox the sandbox] or
     89[[SandBox|the sandbox]]
     90}}}
     91|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     92|||| The short form ''realm:target'' can also be wrapped within a <...> pair, [[br]] which allow for arbitrary characters (i.e. anything but >)  ||
     93{{{#!td
     94{{{
     95<wiki:Strange(page@!)>
     96}}}
     97}}}
     98{{{#!td
     99<wiki:Strange(page@!)>
     100}}}
     101}}}
    79102
    80103TracLinks are a very simple idea, but actually allow quite a complex network of information. In practice, it's very intuitive and simple to use, and we've found the "link trail" extremely helpful to better understand what's happening in a project or why a particular change was made.
     
    87110To create a link to a specific anchor in a page, use '#':
    88111{{{
    89  [#Relativelinks relative links]
     112 [#Relativelinks relative links] or [[#Relativelinks|relative links]]
    90113}}}
    91114Displays:
    92   [#Relativelinks relative links]
     115  [#Relativelinks relative links] or [[#Relativelinks|relative links]]
    93116
    94117Hint: when you move your mouse over the title of a section, a '¶' character will be displayed. This is a link to that specific section and you can use this to copy the `#...` part inside a relative link to an anchor.
     
    101124To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a parent, simply use a '..':
    102125{{{
    103   [..]
    104 }}}
    105 
    106 To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a sibling page, use a '../':
    107 {{{
    108   [../Sibling see next sibling]
    109 }}}
    110 
    111 ''(Changed in 0.11)'' Note that in Trac 0.10, using e.g. `[../newticket]`  may have worked for linking to the /newticket top-level URL, but now in 0.11 it will stay in the wiki namespace and link to a sibling page. See [#Server-relativelinks] for the new syntax.
     126  [..] or [[..]]
     127}}}
     128  [..] or [[..]]
     129
     130To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a [=#sibling sibling] page, use a '../':
     131{{{
     132  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]]
     133}}}
     134  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]]
     135
     136But in practice you often won't need to add the `../` prefix to link to a sibling page.
     137For resolving the location of a wiki link, it's the target page closest in the hierarchy
     138to the page where the link is written which will be selected. So for example, within
     139a sub-hierarchy, a sibling page will be targeted in preference to a toplevel page.
     140This makes it easy to copy or move pages to a sub-hierarchy by [[WikiNewPage#renaming|renaming]] without having to adapt the links.
     141
     142In order to link explicitly to a [=#toplevel toplevel] Wiki page,
     143use the `wiki:/` prefix.
     144Be careful **not** to use the `/` prefix alone, as this corresponds to the
     145[#Server-relativelinks] syntax and with such a link you will lack the `/wiki/`
     146part in the resulting URL.
     147
     148''(Changed in 0.11)'' Note that in Trac 0.10, using e.g. `[../newticket]`  may have worked for linking to the `/newticket` top-level URL, but since 0.11, such a link will stay in the wiki namespace and therefore link to a sibling page.
     149See [#Server-relativelinks] for the new syntax.
    112150
    113151=== InterWiki links ===
     
    119157This can be seen as a kind of InterWiki link specialized for targeting other Trac projects.
    120158
    121 Any type of Trac links could be written in one Trac environment and actually refer to resources present in another Trac environment, provided the Trac link is prefixed by the name of that other Trac environment followed by a colon. That other Trac environment must be registered, under its name or an alias. See InterTrac for details.
    122 
    123 A distinctive advantage of InterTrac links over InterWiki links is that the shorthand form of Trac links usually have a way to understand the InterTrac prefixes. For example, links to Trac tickets can be written #T234 (if T was set as an alias for Trac), links to Trac changesets can be written [trac 1508].
     159Any type of Trac link can be written in one Trac environment and actually refer to resources in another Trac environment. All that is required is to prefix the Trac link with the name of the other Trac environment followed by a colon. The other Trac environment must be registered on the InterTrac page.
     160
     161A distinctive advantage of InterTrac links over InterWiki links is that the shorthand form of Trac links (e.g. `{}`, `r`, `#`) can also be used. For example if T was set as an alias for Trac, links to Trac tickets can be written #T234, links to Trac changesets can be written [trac 1508].
     162See InterTrac for the complete details.
    124163
    125164=== Server-relative links ===
     
    133172
    134173{{{
    135 [/newticket Create a new ticket]
    136 [/ home]
    137 }}}
    138 
    139 Display: [/newticket newticket] [/ home]
    140 
    141 To link to another location on the server (outside the project), use the '//location' link syntax (''Changed in 0.11''):
    142 
    143 {{{
    144 [//register Register Here]
    145 }}}
    146 
    147 Display: [//register Register Here]
     174[/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]]
     175[/ home] or [[/|home]]
     176}}}
     177
     178Display: [/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]]
     179[/ home] or [[/|home]]
     180
     181To link to another location on the server (possibly outside the project but on the same host), use the `//` prefix (''Changed in 0.11''):
     182
     183{{{
     184[//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]]
     185}}}
     186
     187Display: [//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]]
    148188
    149189=== Quoting space in TracLinks ===
     
    157197 * !attachment:"the file.txt:ticket:123"
    158198
     199Note that by using [trac:WikiCreole] style links, it's quite natural to write links containing spaces:
     200 * ![[The whitespace convention]]
     201 * ![[attachment:the file.txt]]
     202
    159203=== Escaping Links ===
    160204
     
    172216=== Parameterized Trac links ===
    173217
    174 The Trac links target Trac resources which have generally more than one way to be rendered, according to some extra parameters. For example, a Wiki page can accept a `version` or a `format` parameter, a report can make use of dynamic variables, etc.
    175 
    176 Any Trac links can support an arbitrary set of parameters, written in the same way as they would be for the corresponding URL. Some examples:
     218Many Trac resources have more than one way to be rendered, depending on some extra parameters. For example, a Wiki page can accept a `version` or a `format` parameter, a report can make use of dynamic variables, etc.
     219
     220Trac links can support an arbitrary set of parameters, written in the same way as they would be for the corresponding URL. Some examples:
    177221 - `wiki:WikiStart?format=txt`
    178222 - `ticket:1?version=1`
    179223 - `[/newticket?component=module1 create a ticket for module1]`
     224 - `[/newticket?summary=Add+short+description+here create a ticket with URL with spaces]`
    180225
    181226
    182227== TracLinks Reference ==
    183 The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as several notes advanced usage of links.
     228The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as notes on advanced usage of links.
    184229
    185230=== attachment: links ===
     
    200245=== comment: links ===
    201246
    202 When you're inside a given tickets, you can simply write e.g. !comment:3 to link to the third change comment.
    203 It's also possible to link to a comment of a specific ticket from anywhere using one of the following syntax:
    204  - !comment:3:ticket:123
    205  - !ticket:123#comment:3 (note that you can't write !#123#!comment:3!)
     247When you're inside a given ticket, you can simply write e.g. !comment:3 to link to the third change comment.
     248It is possible to link to a comment of a specific ticket from anywhere using one of the following syntax:
     249 - `comment:3:ticket:123`
     250 - `ticket:123#comment:3` (note that you can't write `#123#!comment:3`!)
     251It is also possible to link to the ticket's description using one of the following syntax:
     252 - `comment:description` (within the ticket)
     253 - `comment:description:ticket:123`
     254 - `ticket:123#comment:description`
    206255
    207256=== query: links ===
     
    214263
    215264=== ticket: links ===
     265 ''alias:'' `bug:`
    216266
    217267Besides the obvious `ticket:id` form, it is also possible to specify a list of tickets or even a range of tickets instead of the `id`. This generates a link to a custom query view containing this fixed set of tickets.
     
    230280 - `timeline:2008-01-29`
    231281 - `timeline:2008-01-29T15:48`
    232  - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48Z+01`
     282 - `timeline:2008-01-29T15:48Z`
     283 - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48+01`
    233284
    234285''(since Trac 0.11)''
     
    239290
    240291=== Version Control related links ===
     292
     293It should be noted that multiple repository support works by creating a kind of virtual namespace for versioned files in which the toplevel folders correspond to the repository names. Therefore, in presence of multiple repositories, a ''/path'' specification in the syntax of links detailed below should start with the name of the repository. If omitted, the default repository is used. In case a toplevel folder of the default repository has the same name as a repository, the latter "wins". One can always access such folder by fully qualifying it (the default repository can be an alias of a named repository, or conversely, it is always possible to create an alias for the default repository, ask your Trac administrator).
     294
     295For example, `source:/trunk/COPYING` targets the path `/trunk/COPYING` in the default repository, whereas `source:/projectA/trunk/COPYING` targets the path `/trunk/COPYING` in the repository named `projectA`. This can be the same file if `'projectA'` is an alias to the default repository or if `''` (the default repository) is an alias to `'projectA'`.
     296
    241297==== source: links ====
    242 
    243 The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser
    244 if the path points to a directory and otherwise open the log view.
     298 ''aliases:'' `browser:`, `repos:`
     299
     300The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the browser in that directory directory
     301if the path points to a directory or to show the latest content of the file.
    245302
    246303It's also possible to link directly to a specific revision of a file like this:
     
    254311Finally, one can also highlight an arbitrary set of lines:
    255312 - `source:/some/file@123:10-20,100,103#L99` - highlight lines 10 to 20, and lines 100 and 103.
    256 ''(since 0.11)''
     313   ''(since 0.11)''
     314
     315Note that in presence of multiple repositories, the name of the repository is simply integrated in the path you specify for `source:` (e.g. `source:reponame/trunk/README`). ''(since 0.12)''
    257316
    258317==== export: links ====
     
    269328==== log: links ====
    270329
    271 The `log:` links are used to display revision ranges. In its simplest form, it can link to the latest revisions from the specified path, but it can also support displaying an arbitrary set of revisions.
     330The `log:` links are used to display revision ranges. In its simplest form, it can link to the latest revisions of the specified path, but it can also support displaying an arbitrary set of revisions.
    272331 - `log:/` - the latest revisions starting at the root of the repository
    273332 - `log:/trunk/tools` - the latest revisions in `trunk/tools`
    274333 - `log:/trunk/tools@10000` - the revisions in `trunk/tools` starting from  revision 10000
    275  - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the 20791 to 20795 revision range
    276  - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from the 20791 to 20795 range which affect the given path
     334 - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795
     335 - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795 which affect the given path
    277336
    278337There are short forms for revision ranges as well:
     
    281340 - `r20791:20795` (but not `r20788,20791:20795` nor `r20791:20795/trunk`)
    282341
    283 Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written indifferently `x:y` or `x-y`.
     342Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written either as `x:y` or `x-y`.
     343
     344In the presence of multiple repositories, the name of the repository should be specified as the first part of the path, e.g. `log:repos/branches` or `[20-40/repos]`.
    284345
    285346----