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# Crosslinking Issues
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Please read through the [GitLab Issue Documentation](index.md) for an overview on GitLab Issues.
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## From Commit Messages
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Every time you mention an issue in your commit message, you're creating
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a relationship between the two stages of the development workflow: the
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issue itself and the first commit related to that issue.
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If the issue and the code you're committing are both in the same project,
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you simply add `#xxx` to the commit message, where `xxx` is the issue number.
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If they are not in the same project, you can add the full URL to the issue
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(`https://gitlab.com/<username>/<projectname>/issues/<xxx>`).
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```shell
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git commit -m "this is my commit message. Ref #xxx"
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```
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or
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```shell
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git commit -m "this is my commit message. Related to https://gitlab.com/<username>/<projectname>/issues/<xxx>"
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```
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Of course, you can replace `gitlab.com` with the URL of your own GitLab instance.
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**Note:** Linking your first commit to your issue is going to be relevant
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for tracking your process far ahead with
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[GitLab Cycle Analytics](https://about.gitlab.com/features/cycle-analytics/)).
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It will measure the time taken for planning the implementation of that issue,
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which is the time between creating an issue and making the first commit.
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## From Related Issues
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Mentioning related issues in merge requests and other issues is useful
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for your team members and collaborators to know that there are opened
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issues around that same idea.
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You do that as explained above, when
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[mentioning an issue from a commit message](#from-commit-messages).
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When mentioning the issue "A" in issue "B", the issue "A" will also
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display a notification in its tracker. The same is valid for mentioning
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issues in merge requests.
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## From Merge Requests
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Mentioning issues in merge request comments works exactly the same way as
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they do for [related issues](#from-related-issues).
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When you mention an issue in a merge request description, it will simply
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[link the issue and merge request together](#from-related-issues). Additionally,
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you can also [set an issue to close as soon as the merge request is merged](closing_issues.md#via-merge-request).
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### Close an issue by merging a merge request
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To [close an issue when a merge request is merged](closing_issues.md#via-merge-request), use the [automatic issue closing pattern](automatic_issue_closing.md).
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