Looking for help using Github Project

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Hi Everybody,

I’m new to Github Project. We’ve just added a project for our group and I think I’ve correctly linked it to our GitHub instance (I think).

I was wondering if someone could recommend a good tutorial for getting started and using Github Project. There are a few specific things I’m not seeing and would like to know if the exist and I’m just not seeing them. For example…

  • Is there a way to create any sort of nesting (something like how Jira lets you create stories that are part of an epic)
  • Is there any sort of implementation of a sprint?
  • In the board view, I’m not seeing a way to retire tickets (how do I remove items from the board)?

I’m just getting started but wanted to see if there were any recommendations before I started down the rabbit hole.

This is what we have so far:
https://github.com/orgs/OHDSI/projects/19/views/2

Thanks,
John

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  1. GitHub does not support nesting, but in the tasklist beta, there is support for an issue to reference a series of related issues in a task list.
  2. In the Project boards, there is an iteration column type you could use for sprint planning, one may want to add a custom enumeration if the sprints are irregularly spaced or want a name associated.

Note that the new version of GitHub projects is organization wide, so, as we add issues to a board, we’ll have to continually specify the project they are related to. Also, it means the name of the project board would have to be unambiguous across all of OHDSI organization.