PR–Issue Linking & Label Intelligence (v1.5.0)

[miroslavpojer]

Background

The association model between pull requests and issues is a core engine of the action. Currently, linking relies on explicit references only, and label resolution does not consider both entities together. This leads to PRs or issues being misclassified in the generated release notes.

This epic improves the PR–Issue association model with a weak-link mechanism, merges label logic across both entities, and enables the tool to use rich issue-body release notes in place of issue titles.

Goals

• Introduce a flexible, improved PR–Issue linking and association model (Feature: Improved PR-Issue Linking and Association Model #228)
• Implement weak (heuristic) linking between PRs and Issues when explicit links are absent (Introduce weak link between PR and Issue #79)
• Merge PR and issue labels when determining the release notes group for an entry (Merge PR and issue labels when considering release notes group #96)
• Allow ignoring the issue title when explicit release notes are provided inside the issue body (Release Notes: Ignore Issue Title if there are release notes written within a given ticket #40)
• Maintain backward compatibility with existing explicit-link behaviour

Subtasks

• Feature: Improved PR-Issue Linking and Association Model #228 Feature: Improved PR-Issue Linking and Association Model
• Introduce weak link between PR and Issue #79 Introduce weak link between PR and Issue
• Merge PR and issue labels when considering release notes group #96 Merge PR and issue labels when considering release notes group
• Release Notes: Ignore Issue Title if there are release notes written within a given ticket #40 Release Notes: Ignore Issue Title if there are release notes written within a given ticket

Related / References

• Feature: Improved PR-Issue Linking and Association Model #228 is the umbrella design issue for this epic