Redmine

Plugin that auto-populates custom field values down configurable inheritance chains.

When a TimeEntry, Issue, or sub-issue is saved without a value for a configured field, the plugin walks up the chain (Issue → parent Issue → Project) and copies the first non-blank value it finds.

Features¶

• Hierarchical inheritance chains across TimeEntry, Issue, and Project
• Multi-target chains: same field can have different chains per target class (e.g. TimeEntry → Issue → Project and Issue → parent Issue → Project simultaneously)
• Two-layer config: YAML defaults + admin UI overrides, merged on (field_name, target_class)
• Respects user input by default; configurable overwrite per chain
• Failsafe error handling — never aborts the underlying save
• 87 unit tests passing

Use cases¶

• Time entries inherit a "Cost Center" or "Profile" field from their issue automatically
• Subtasks inherit fields from their parent issue
• Cascade fallback to the project when neither the issue nor its ancestors have a value

Compatibility¶

Redmine 6.0+, Ruby 3.2+, Rails 7.2 with Zeitwerk autoloader.

See the README for installation, configuration, and migration instructions from redmine_perfil_autocomplete.

1. Clone the plugin into your Redmine plugins directory:

cd /path/to/redmine/plugins
git clone https://github.com/Arksoft-Solutions/redmine_cf_inheritance.git
chown -R redmine:redmine redmine_cf_inheritance

2. Refresh the Redmine plugin registry (the plugin has no migrations of its own, but this is idempotent):

cd /path/to/redmine
sudo -u redmine bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

3. Restart your Redmine server (Puma, Passenger, etc.):

sudo systemctl restart redmine

4. Configure inheritance chains under Administration → Plugins → Custom Field Inheritance → Configure.

For configuration examples and detailed documentation, see the README.