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I am using a master/subproject configuration, where the master project has the repository configured.
i can see the 'Associated Revisions' in all sub projects.
the problem is that when i add in a note in an issue update a reference to a revision (i.e r1234) the reference is not active, except for issues directly owned by the master project.

I believe this is a defect when taking into account that associated revisions is working, and that commit message the "fixes" or "refs" an issue updates it, so hierarchy should apply here too.
is there a simple fix to this?