Linking a commit to a new change request from the Gerrit web interface

From the web interface for Gerrit, you can create a new change request in Rational Team Concert™ and link a Gerrit change to it.

Procedure

Use these steps to create a new Rational Team Concert work item from the Gerrit web interface and link a Gerrit change to it.

  1. Start at a Gerrit web home page.
  2. From a Gerrit web change page, open the twistie next to Work Item Links.

    screen shot of Rational Adapter for Git on Gerrit change page for Gerrit web interface

  3. Create a new change request in Rational Team Concert by clicking Add Link in the expanded Work Item Links section. The Link Change Request dialog is displayed.
  4. Select Create New and specify values for the dialog fields. This creates a change request in Rational Team Concert and links it to the Gerrit change page.

Results

When you expand the Work Item Links twistie on the Gerrit change page, the new link is listed.

  1. Click the list item to go to the Rational Team Concert page for the change request.
  2. Click the Links tab there to see the link back to the Gerrit change page.

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