Redmine

First, please correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that the comments get turned into links upon submission into the system, not when rendering the web page. As a result, if there is a lack of synchronization between the repository and Redmine, certain commit:XXXXXX comments may never become links. This has been my observation but has not been scientifically tested on my part.

This brings me to the actual potential defect where the comments don't always turn into links. So, I have begun using the Preview feature and that leads me to perform the following in order to get my links to show up properly:

1. Push local branch to git repository on server (which is the same one pointed to by the Redmine configuration)
2. Click on the "Repository" link in Redmine
3. Select the branch of interest to verify the changes have been pushed to server
4. Click Preview to verify that comment has been converted to link

Thinking it may be a timeout issue, I have waited some additional amount of time before Previewing without clicking on the Repository link and it still does not become a link. However, immediately after clicking on the Repository link and then selecting the branch of interest, the Preview generates the anticipated link.

Info about my setup:

Gentoo system
git 1.6.3.3
redmine r2982
mysql 5.0.38
ruby 1.8.6
rails 2.3.4

I have attempted to do a search through the existing system before submitting this but have not found anything comparable. I apologize if this issue has been covered previously.