Redmine Watchers Context Menu Plugin

This plugin enables you to perform watchers-related batch operations in Redmine.

Compatibility

This plugin version is compatible with Redmine 1.3.0 and later.

Installation

These installation instructions are based on Redmine 2.6.0. For instructions for previous versions, see Redmine wiki.

1. To install the plugin

   • Download the .ZIP archive, extract files and copy the plugin directory into #{REDMINE_ROOT}/plugins.

   Or

   • Change you current directory to your Redmine root directory:

       cd {REDMINE_ROOT}
     

     Copy the plugin from GitHub using the following commands:

       git clone https://github.com/Undev/redmine_context_menu_watchers.git plugins/redmine_context_menu_watchers
     

2. Update the Gemfile.lock file by running the following commands:

     rm Gemfile.lock  
     bundle install
   

3. Restart Redmine.

Now you should be able to see the plugin in Administration > Plugins.

Usage

The plugin extends the issue context menu with several watchers-related items that allow you to perform batch operations on the selected issues:

• Add watchers - allows you to select project members to be added as watchers of the selected issues.
• Delete watchers - allows you to select project members to be removed from the list of watchers of the selected issues.

All the issues selected for the Add watchers / Delete watchers batch operations must belong to the same project. Clicking Add watchers or Delete watchers opens a new Redmine page where all project members are listed:

To be able to add or delete watchers, you should have the appropriate watchers-related permissions: