Task Repositories

NetBeans provides access to bug tracking systems such as Bugzilla, Jira, and Mantis through the Task Repositories node in the Services window. Bugzilla and Jira support are supplied prebundled with NetBeans, however, Mantis support requires adding via installing the appropriate plugin from the Tools and then Plugins menu options.

Configuring the different task repositories is a similar process for each of the different systems; however, we'll take a look at configuring Mantis here.

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For more information on Mantis, visit http://mantisbt.org.

To integrate a new task repository within NetBeans, simply right-click on the Task Repositories node in the Services window and select the Create Task Repository… menu option. On the Create Task Repository screen, enter the name we'll use to recognize the repository, along with the URL for Mantis and a username and password, as shown in the following screenshot:

Once the task repository has been registered, it is displayed in the Services...