Auto-closing of issues via PR doesn't work

[SnowMB]

• Gitea version (or commit ref): 1.2.0+6-g46bb1cf
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Description

I've tried a few things to automatically close issues when a PR is merged. I haven't found a way to do it.
Neither a commit with the message containing closes #xx nor using closes #xx as title or pr message has any effect.

This is problematic because gitea doesn't display references that are made to the pr / issue in the discussion tab like github does. So there is no indicator if the issue was discussed / handled in another issue / pr.

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[lunny]

@lafriks this should be a bug, but not an enhancement.

[SnowMB]

@lunny It might be both. A bug for not recognizing the "closes #xx" in a commit message after the pr is merged.

Feature request for also supporting closing issues by title / description of the PR.

[krrutkow]

Any update on when this issue might be addressed?

[finalex]

Is there any plan for this issue?

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs during the next 2 weeks. Thank you for your contributions.

[mrsdizzie]

Fixed since #8866