A mode to interface with bug/issue tracking systems from within Emacs. This mode started out as bz-mode, but got renamed to bug-mode after work was done to support additional bug trackers.

Currently somewhat working bug trackers are:

• Bugzilla
• Rally

This is a quick start guide. Have a look at the full manual for more details. If you’re a developer, read this.

• call make to generate autoloads
• Edit your ~/.emacs or ~/.emacs.d/init.el:

(load-file "/path/to/bug-mode/bug.el")

• M-x customize-group RET bug and adjust at least the the list of instances and the name of the default instance. The instance plist configuration could look like this:

(:foo (:url "https://foo.example" :type bz-rpc)
 :bar (:url "https://bar.example" :authinfo "~/.netrc" :type bz-rpc)
 :rally (:api-key "_yourapikey" :type rally))

• M-x customize-group RET bug-faces if you don’t like the default faces
• Store your credentials in authinfo format in ~/.authinfo, or specify a database location with the :authinfo property
• For using Rally, generate API Keys if your subscription allows it, and set the :api-key property. With no API key configured username/password from authinfo are used as well.