GitHub Issues and Project Management

GitHub Issues

Issues are GitHub's built-in tool for tracking bugs, features, and tasks. They're the foundation of project collaboration.

Creating Good Issues

• Clear, descriptive title.
• Steps to reproduce (for bugs).
• Expected vs actual behavior.
• Labels and assignees.

Linking Issues to Code

# In a commit or PR description:
Closes #42
Fixes #17
# Merging the PR auto-closes the issue

Organizing with Labels & Milestones

Tool	Use
Labels	bug, feature, good first issue
Milestones	Group for a release
Projects	Kanban boards
Assignees	Who's responsible

GitHub Projects

Turn issues into a visual Kanban board (To Do → In Progress → Done) for managing work.

FAQs

Issues vs Discussions?

Issues track actionable work; Discussions are for open-ended conversation. More in our GitHub guides.

How do I auto-close an issue?

Write "Closes #N" in a PR that merges to the default branch.