Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracLinks


Ignore:
Timestamp:
04/22/15 15:13:21 (10 years ago)
Author:
trac
Comment:

--

Legend:

Unmodified
Added
Removed
Modified

  • TracLinks

    v2 v3  
    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`, `[1/repository]`
     31 Revision log :: `r1:3`, `[1:3]` or `log:@1:3`, `log:trunk@1:3`, `[2:5/trunk]`
     32 Diffs :: `diff:@1:3`, `diff:plugins/0.12/mercurial-plugin@9128:9953`,
     33          `diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default`
     34          or `diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539`
     35 Files :: `source:trunk/COPYING`, `source:/trunk/COPYING@200` (at version 200), `source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25` (at version 200, line 25)
     36}}}
     37{{{#!td
     38 Wiki pages :: CamelCase or wiki:CamelCase
     39 Parent page :: [..]
     40 Tickets :: #1 or ticket:1
     41 Ticket comments :: comment:1:ticket:2
     42 Reports :: {1} or report:1
     43 Milestones :: milestone:1.0
     44 Attachment :: attachment:example.tgz (for current page attachment), attachment:attachment.1073.diff:ticket:944 (absolute path)
     45 Changesets :: r1, [1], changeset:1 or (restricted) [1/trunk], changeset:1/trunk, [1/repository]
     46 Revision log :: r1:3, [1:3] or log:@1:3, log:trunk@1:3, [2:5/trunk]
     47 Diffs :: diff:@1:3, diff:plugins/0.12/mercurial-plugin@9128:9953,
     48          diff:tags/trac-0.9.2/wiki-default//tags/trac-0.9.3/wiki-default
     49          or diff:trunk/trac@3538//sandbox/vc-refactoring@3539
     50 Files :: source:trunk/COPYING, source:/trunk/COPYING@200 (at version 200), source:/trunk/COPYING@200#L25 (at version 200, line 25)
     51}}}
    4952
    5053'''Note:''' The wiki:CamelCase form is rarely used, but it can be convenient to refer to
    … …  
    5356to links to Wiki page names.
    5457
    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]
     58
     59{{{#!table class=""
     60|||| Trac links using the full (non-shorthand) notation can also be given a custom link title like this: ||
     61{{{#!td
     62{{{
     63[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or
     64[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]].
     65}}}
     66}}}
     67{{{#!td
     68[ticket:1 This is a link to ticket number one] or
     69[[ticket:1|This is another link to ticket number one]].
     70}}}
     71|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     72|||| If the title is omitted, only the id (the part after the colon) is displayed:  ||
     73{{{#!td
     74{{{
     75[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]]
     76}}}
     77}}}
     78{{{#!td
     79[ticket:1] or [[ticket:2]]
     80}}}
     81|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     82|||| `wiki` is the default if the namespace part of a full link is omitted:  ||
     83{{{#!td
     84{{{
     85[SandBox the sandbox] or
     86[[SandBox|the sandbox]]
     87}}}
     88}}}
     89{{{#!td
     90[SandBox the sandbox] or
     91[[SandBox|the sandbox]]
     92}}}
     93|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     94|||| The short form ''realm:target'' can also be wrapped within a <...> pair, [[br]] which allow for arbitrary characters (i.e. anything but >)  ||
     95{{{#!td
     96{{{
     97<wiki:Strange(page@!)>
     98}}}
     99}}}
     100{{{#!td
     101<wiki:Strange(page@!)>
     102}}}
     103}}}
    79104
    80105TracLinks 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.
    … …  
    85110=== Relative links ===
    86111
     112To create a link to a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki]-page just use a '/':
     113{{{
     114 WikiPage/SubWikiPage or ./SubWikiPage
     115}}}
     116
     117To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a parent, simply use a '..':
     118{{{
     119  [..] or [[..]]
     120}}}
     121  [..] or [[..]]
     122
     123To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a [=#sibling sibling] page, use a '../':
     124{{{
     125  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]]
     126}}}
     127  [../Sibling see next sibling] or [[../Sibling|see next sibling]]
     128
     129But in practice you often won't need to add the `../` prefix to link to a sibling page.
     130For resolving the location of a wiki link, it's the target page closest in the hierarchy
     131to the page where the link is written which will be selected. So for example, within
     132a sub-hierarchy, a sibling page will be targeted in preference to a toplevel page.
     133This makes it easy to copy or move pages to a sub-hierarchy by [[WikiNewPage#renaming|renaming]] without having to adapt the links.
     134
     135In order to link explicitly to a [=#toplevel toplevel] Wiki page,
     136use the `wiki:/` prefix. Be careful **not** to use the `/` prefix alone, as this corresponds to the [#Server-relativelinks] syntax and with such a link you will lack the `/wiki/` part in the resulting URL. A link such as `[../newticket]` will stay in the wiki namespace and therefore link to a sibling page.
     137
     138=== Link anchors ===
     139
    87140To create a link to a specific anchor in a page, use '#':
    88141{{{
    89  [#Relativelinks relative links]
    90 }}}
    91 Displays:
    92   [#Relativelinks relative links]
     142 [#Linkanchors Link anchors] or [[#Linkanchors|Link anchors]]
     143}}}
     144  [#Linkanchors Link anchors] or [[#Linkanchors|Link anchors]]
    93145
    94146Hint: 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.
    95147
    96 To create a link to a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki]-page just use a '/':
    97 {{{
    98  WikiPage/SubWikiPage or ./SubWikiPage
    99 }}}
    100 
    101 To link from a [trac:SubWiki SubWiki] page to a parent, simply use a '..':
    102 {{{
    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.
     148To create a link to the first or last occurrence of a term on a page, use a ''pseudo anchor'' starting with '#/' or '#?':
     149{{{
     150 [#/Milestone first occurrence of Milestone] or
     151 [#?Milestone last occurrence of Milestone]
     152}}}
     153 [#/Milestone first occurrence of Milestone] or
     154 [#?Milestone last occurrence of Milestone]
     155This will also highlight all other matches on the linked page. By default only case sensitive matches are considered. To include case insensitive matches append '/i':
     156{{{
     157 [#/Milestone/i first occurrence of Milestone or milestone] or
     158 [#?Milestone/i last occurrence of Milestone or milestone]
     159}}}
     160 [#/Milestone/i first occurrence of Milestone or milestone] or
     161 [#?Milestone/i last occurrence of Milestone or milestone]
     162
     163''(since Trac 1.0)''
     164
     165Such anchors can be very useful for linking to specific lines in a file in the source browser:
     166{{{
     167 [trac:source:tags/trac-0.12/trac/wiki/api.py#L127 Line 127] or
     168 [trac:source:tags/trac-0.12/trac/ticket/roadmap.py#L47 Line 47]
     169}}}
     170 [trac:source:tags/trac-0.12/trac/wiki/api.py#L127 Line 127] or
     171 [trac:source:tags/trac-0.12/trac/ticket/roadmap.py#L47 Line 47]
     172(Hint: The line numbers displayed in the source browser are links to anchors on the respective lines.)
     173
     174Since such links become outdated when the file changes, it can be useful to link using a '#/' pseudo anchor instead:
     175{{{
     176 [trac:source:trunk/trac/wiki/api.py#/IWikiSyntaxProvider IWikiSyntaxProvider] or
     177 [trac:source:trunk/trac/env.py#/ISystemInfoProvider ISystemInfoProvider]
     178}}}
     179 [trac:source:trunk/trac/wiki/api.py#/IWikiSyntaxProvider IWikiSyntaxProvider] or
     180 [trac:source:trunk/trac/env.py#/ISystemInfoProvider ISystemInfoProvider]
    112181
    113182=== InterWiki links ===
    … …  
    119188This can be seen as a kind of InterWiki link specialized for targeting other Trac projects.
    120189
    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].
     190Any 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.
     191
     192A 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].
     193See InterTrac for the complete details.
    124194
    125195=== Server-relative links ===
    … …  
    133203
    134204{{{
    135 [/newticket Create a new ticket]
    136 [/ home]
    137 }}}
    138 
    139 Display: [/newticket Create a new ticket] [/ 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]
     205[/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]]
     206[/ home] or [[/|home]]
     207}}}
     208
     209Display: [/newticket Create a new ticket] or [[//newticket|Create a new ticket]]
     210[/ home] or [[/|home]]
     211
     212To link to another location on the server (possibly outside the project but on the same host), use the `//` prefix (''Changed in 0.11''):
     213
     214{{{
     215[//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]]
     216}}}
     217
     218Display: [//register Register Here] or [[//register|Register Here]]
    148219
    149220=== Quoting space in TracLinks ===
    … …  
    157228 * !attachment:"the file.txt:ticket:123"
    158229
     230Note that by using [trac:WikiCreole] style links, it's quite natural to write links containing spaces:
     231 * ![[The whitespace convention]]
     232 * ![[attachment:the file.txt]]
     233
    159234=== Escaping Links ===
    160235
    … …  
    172247=== Parameterized Trac links ===
    173248
    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:
     249Many 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.
     250
     251Trac links can support an arbitrary set of parameters, written in the same way as they would be for the corresponding URL. Some examples:
    177252 - `wiki:WikiStart?format=txt`
    178253 - `ticket:1?version=1`
    179254 - `[/newticket?component=module1 create a ticket for module1]`
     255 - `[/newticket?summary=Add+short+description+here create a ticket with URL with spaces]`
    180256
    181257
    182258== TracLinks Reference ==
    183 The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as several notes advanced usage of links.
     259The following sections describe the individual link types in detail, as well as notes on advanced usage of links.
    184260
    185261=== attachment: links ===
    … …  
    200276=== comment: links ===
    201277
    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!)
     278When you're inside a given ticket, you can simply write e.g. !comment:3 to link to the third change comment.
     279It is possible to link to a comment of a specific ticket from anywhere using one of the following syntax:
     280 - `comment:3:ticket:123`
     281 - `ticket:123#comment:3` (note that you can't write `#123#!comment:3`!)
     282It is also possible to link to the ticket's description using one of the following syntax:
     283 - `comment:description` (within the ticket)
     284 - `comment:description:ticket:123`
     285 - `ticket:123#comment:description`
     286
     287=== htdocs: links ===
     288
     289Use `htdocs:path/to/file` to reference files in the `htdocs` directory of the Trac environment, the [TracEnvironment#DirectoryStructure web resource directory].
    206290
    207291=== query: links ===
    … …  
    214298
    215299=== ticket: links ===
     300 ''alias:'' `bug:`
    216301
    217302Besides 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.
    … …  
    221306 - `ticket:1,150`
    222307
    223 ''(since Trac 0.11)''
    224 
    225308=== timeline: links ===
    226309
    227 Links to the timeline can be created by specifying a date in the ISO:8601 format. The date can be optionally followed by a time specification. The time is interpreted as being UTC time, but alternatively you can specify your local time, followed by your timezone if you don't want to compute the UTC time.
     310Links to the timeline can be created by specifying a date in the ISO:8601 format. The date can be optionally followed by a time specification. The time is interpreted as being UTC time, but if you don't want to compute the UTC time, you can specify a local time followed by your timezone offset relative to UTC.
    228311
    229312Examples:
    … …  
    232315 - `timeline:2008-01-29T15:48Z`
    233316 - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48+01`
    234 
    235 ''(since Trac 0.11)''
     317 - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48+0100`
     318 - `timeline:2008-01-29T16:48+01:00`
    236319
    237320=== wiki: links ===
    238321
    239 See WikiPageNames and [#QuotingspaceinTracLinks quoting space in TracLinks] above.
     322See WikiPageNames and [#QuotingspaceinTracLinks quoting space in TracLinks] above. It is possible to create a link to a specific page revision using the syntax WikiStart@1.
    240323
    241324=== Version Control related links ===
     325
     326It 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).
     327
     328For 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'`.
     329
    242330==== source: links ====
    243 
    244 The default behavior for a source:/some/path link is to open the directory browser
    245 if the path points to a directory and otherwise open the log view.
     331 ''aliases:'' `browser:`, `repos:`
     332
     333The default behavior for a `source:/some/path link` is to open the browser in that directory directory
     334if the path points to a directory or to show the latest content of the file.
    246335
    247336It's also possible to link directly to a specific revision of a file like this:
    … …  
    254343
    255344Finally, one can also highlight an arbitrary set of lines:
    256  - `source:/some/file@123:10-20,100,103#L99` - highlight lines 10 to 20, and lines 100 and 103.
    257 ''(since 0.11)''
     345 - `source:/some/file@123:10-20,100,103#L99` - highlight lines 10 to 20, and lines 100 and 103, and target line 99
     346 - or without version number (the `@` is still needed): `source:/some/file@:10-20,100,103#L99`. Version can be omitted when the path is pointing to a source file that will no longer change (like `source:/tags/...`), otherwise it's better to specify which lines of //which version// of the file you're talking about
     347
     348Note 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)''
    258349
    259350==== export: links ====
    … …  
    270361==== log: links ====
    271362
    272 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.
     363The `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.
    273364 - `log:/` - the latest revisions starting at the root of the repository
    274365 - `log:/trunk/tools` - the latest revisions in `trunk/tools`
    275366 - `log:/trunk/tools@10000` - the revisions in `trunk/tools` starting from  revision 10000
    276  - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the 20791 to 20795 revision range
    277  - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from the 20791 to 20795 range which affect the given path
     367 - `log:@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795
     368 - `log:/trunk/tools@20788,20791:20795` - list revision 20788 and the revisions from 20791 to 20795 which affect the given path
    278369
    279370There are short forms for revision ranges as well:
    … …  
    282373 - `r20791:20795` (but not `r20788,20791:20795` nor `r20791:20795/trunk`)
    283374
    284 Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written indifferently `x:y` or `x-y`.
     375Finally, note that in all of the above, a revision range can be written either as `x:y` or `x-y`.
     376
     377In 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]`.
    285378
    286379----