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Ask HN: Anyone already using the new GitHub Projects feature? Care to share?

by ssaunier_ on 9/17/16, 10:17 AM with 10 comments

  • by eckyp on 9/17/16, 11:53 AM

    I did.

    I personally find it missing a lot of features for working with cross-functional team (e.g. developers + designers + marketing).

    I'd love to see this implemented:

    1. filtering cards based on milestone / labels 2. assigning labels, milestone, labels to note (bcs why the hell should I convert to issue before assigning) 3. multiple repositories 4. automatically group pull requests and related issues 5. automatically move card to "Review" column when PR is sent 6. automatically move card to "Done" when it is closed

    I used to manage with waffle.io and love it so far. (I'm not affiliated any way with them, just a happy user)

  • by altern8tif on 9/17/16, 1:30 PM

    Zenhub is still the better (more full-featured) option if you want to do project management in Github.

    Not to mention that it's also free for small teams.

  • by ohstopitu on 9/17/16, 4:18 PM

    While I don't use Github persay...I was using a similar feature on Gitlab. Here's a screenshot[0] of my board.

    [0] https://i.imgur.com/4gcF4Qc.png

  • by geoah on 9/17/16, 11:52 AM

  • by bigkahunaburger on 9/19/16, 7:22 PM

    This is a knee-jerk reaction to Gitlab's latest release and in its current state doesn't come close to anything technical teams need. I'm sure GH could build out projects with more advanced features, but in doing so they'd be choosing to kill off their integration ecosystem... when their partners (e.g. ZenHub, Waffle) are already doing it better.

  • by thecupisblue on 9/17/16, 12:43 PM

    Tried using it, will see if we will continue. The idea is good, but the execution not so much. If they want our designer to work with us on github, they need to let them drag and drop images into tasks. Also, no way to migrate current issues into projects as far as I see. Hope they improve it soon.

  • by contingencies on 9/17/16, 12:01 PM

    Just had a look, it seems very fresh/undocumented and not up to regular Github standards. I couldn't even find a way to delete the test project I made. I would give it awhile to mature. Right now we just use issues, but we have a small team.