By specifying an issue tracker issue numbers/ids in developers' SCM commit messages will be detected and highlighted with external links to the particular issue. This way people browsing changesets can easily navigate to related issues.
Issue tracker | <%= tip(:txt => "scm_tip") %> | <%= text_or_select(@edit, :name => "tracker", :values => @trackers, :onchange => "showElement(this.value, trackers)") %> |