Lesson 12 / 18

Issues for Project Tracking

Milestones and project boards turn scattered issues into a visible plan.

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?

See #42
Fixes #42
About #42

Answer

Fixes #42 — GitHub recognizes keywords like Fixes, Closes and Resolves before an issue reference and auto-closes it on merge.