Lesson 12 / 20
Issues for Project Tracking
Plan work with milestones and Projects boards that turn scattered issues into a visible roadmap.
Milestones
Group related issues into a milestone to track progress toward a release or deadline.
Project boards
The Projects tab gives a Kanban-style board that organizes issues and PRs into columns like Todo, In Progress, Done.
Quick check: Which closing keyword in a PR description automatically closes issue #42 when the PR merges?
- Fixes #42
- See #42
- About #42
- Mentions #42
Answer
Fixes #42 — GitHub recognizes keywords like Fixes, Closes and Resolves before an issue reference and auto-closes it on merge.