Create issue from note in Gitlab

create_issue_from_note_gitlab.patch

--- gitlabhq_original/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb 2012-09-26 08:58:50.000000000 -0300
+++ gitlabhq/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb 2012-09-26 08:35:35.000000000 -0300
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
   def create
     @note = Notes::CreateContext.new(project, current_user, params).execute

+    if not params[:create_issue].nil?
+      issue_params = {
+        :title => params[:note][:note][0..40] + "...",
+        :description => "#{params[:note][:note]} \n\nNote %#{@note.id}",
+        :label_list => params[:label_list]
+      }
+      issue = @project.issues.new(issue_params)
+      issue.author = current_user
+      issue.save
+    end
+
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html {redirect_to :back}
       format.js
--- gitlabhq_original/app/views/notes/_note.html.haml 2012-09-26 08:58:50.000000000 -0300
+++ gitlabhq/app/views/notes/_note.html.haml 2012-09-26 08:19:53.000000000 -0300
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 %li{id: dom_id(note), class: "note #{note_vote_class(note)}"}
   = image_tag gravatar_icon(note.author.email), class: "avatar s32"
   %div.note-author
+    %span= "##{note.id}"
     %strong= note.author_name
     = link_to "##{dom_id(note)}", name: dom_id(note) do
       %cite.cgray
--- gitlabhq_original/app/views/notes/_per_line_form.html.haml 2012-09-26 08:58:50.000000000 -0300
+++ gitlabhq/app/views/notes/_per_line_form.html.haml 2012-09-26 08:12:47.000000000 -0300
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@
                     = label_tag :notify_author do
                       = check_box_tag :notify_author, 1 , @note.noteable_type == "Commit"
                       %span Commit author
-
+              .options
+                %div
+                  %h6.left Issue:
+                  .labels
+                    = label_tag :issue do
+                      = check_box_tag :create_issue, 1
+                      %span Create issue
+                      = text_field_tag :label_list, "", :placeholder => "Separate with comma"
 :javascript
   $(function(){
     $(".per_line_form .hide-button").bind("click", function(){
--- gitlabhq_original/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb 2012-09-26 08:58:50.000000000 -0300
+++ gitlabhq/lib/gitlab/markdown.rb 2012-09-25 19:01:27.000000000 -0300
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   #   * !123 for merge requests
   #   * $123 for snippets
   #   * 123456 for commits
+  #   * %1234:123 for notes within commits
   #
   # It also parses Emoji codes to insert images. See
   # http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/ for a list of the supported icons.
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
       (\W)?           # Prefix (1)
       (               # Reference (2)
         @([\w\._]+)   # User name (3)
-        |[#!$](\d+)   # Issue/MR/Snippet ID (4)
+        |[#%!$](\d+)   # Issue/MR/Snippet ID (4)
         |([\h]{6,40}) # Commit ID (5)
       )
       (\W)?           # Suffix (6)
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@
     def reference_link(reference, identifier)
       case reference
       when /^@/  then reference_user(identifier)
+      when /^%/  then reference_note(identifier)
       when /^#/  then reference_issue(identifier)
       when /^!/  then reference_merge_request(identifier)
       when /^\$/ then reference_snippet(identifier)
@@ -160,6 +162,13 @@
       end
     end

+    def reference_note(identifier)
+      if note = @project.notes.find(identifier)
+        commit = @project.commit(note.noteable_id)
+        link_to("%#{note.id}", "#{project_commit_path(@project, id: commit.id)}#note_#{note.id}", html_options.merge(title: CommitDecorator.new(commit).link_title, class: "gfm gfm-issue #{html_options[:class]}"))
+      end
+    end
+
     def reference_merge_request(identifier)
       if merge_request = @project.merge_requests.where(id: identifier).first
         link_to("!#{identifier}", project_merge_request_path(@project, merge_request), html_options.merge(title: "Merge Request: #{merge_request.title}", class: "gfm gfm-merge_request #{html_options[:class]}"))

Usage:

$ cd gitlabhq/
$ patch -p1 < create_issue_from_note_gitlab.patch 

This patch works fine for GitLab 3.0 as of today.

This patch works fine for GitLab 3.1 as of today.