Question

A developer is fixing a bug tracked in issue #42. They open a pull request with the fix and want the issue to close automatically the moment the pull request is merged into the default branch, without any manual follow-up. What should they do?

Accepted Answer

Include a keyword such as 'Closes #42' in the pull request description or a commit message

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Add issue #42 as a comment reply and assign it to themselves before merging

Answer

Add the 'bug' label to both the issue and the pull request so GitHub links them

Answer

Manually move issue #42 to the 'Done' column of a project board after merging