A cheap–branching based approach to issue tracking.

1.txt

# So who needs a bug–tracker when you can do it all via cheap, easy, fast, local branching in git?

[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{master}]> git branch
* master
  refactor/indexer
  refactor/lose-settings
  refactor/top-level-lib
  refactor/write-files
  rework-entries

2.txt

# I want to fix something, so create a topic branch in the fix/ namespace, and there we go.
# It's in the system sitting right there under your nose.
# No having to subscribe to RSS feeds of issues. No pretending to pay attention to them either.

[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{master}]> git co -b fix/flickr-ranger-slowness
Switched to a new branch "fix/flickr-ranger-slowness"
[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch
* fix/flickr-ranger-slowness
  master
  refactor/indexer
  refactor/lose-settings
  refactor/top-level-lib
  refactor/write-files
  rework-entries

3.txt

# When I get the itch to refactor something that works perfectly well, I do the same thing.
# Here a branch that was about a refactoring is misplaced in my imaginary hierarchy, so recategorize!

[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch
* fix/flickr-ranger-slowness
  master
  refactor/indexer
  refactor/lose-settings
  refactor/top-level-lib
  refactor/write-files
  rework-entries
[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch -m {,refactor/}rework-entries
[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch
* fix/flickr-ranger-slowness
  master
  refactor/indexer
  refactor/lose-settings
  refactor/rework-entries
  refactor/top-level-lib
  refactor/write-files

4.txt

# And once you do refactor or fix one of these topics, just pop it off as {refactor,fix}ed:

[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch -m refactor{,ed}/write-files
[kjell@adelaide ~/D/forest{fix/flickr-ranger-slowness}]> git branch
* fix/flickr-ranger-slowness
  master
  refactor/indexer
  refactor/lose-settings
  refactor/rework-entries
  refactor/top-level-lib
  refactored/write-files

# Awesome!