Question

A product team uses a GitHub Project (Projects experience) to track their backlog. They want items to automatically move to the 'Done' status column whenever the linked issue or pull request is closed, without a team member having to update the status field manually. Which built-in Projects feature should they configure to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

A built-in workflow that sets the item's status to 'Done' when the item is closed

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A milestone with a target date that closes items automatically

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A saved reply that updates the status field when posted

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A repository branch protection rule requiring status updates before merge