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Associating git commits manually to Jira issues

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The process steps in this section applies to Jira Cloud instance with installed Git Integration for Jira app.

To manually link a git commit to a Jira issue, access the Change commit issues feature from the following locations:

  • Projects (sidebar) ➜ Git Commits ➜ click View Full Commit. Click the edit icon to modify commit associations.


  • Issue page ➜ Git Commits tab ➜ click View Full Commit. Click the edit icon to modify commit associations.


  • Jira dashboard menu Apps ➜ Git Integration: Repository browser ➜ click a repository with git commits. Click the edit icon on the commit in the repository view.


 

The following dialog is displayed.

Method 1

Add, edit or delete linked Jira issue keys in the Associated issues to commit field:

  • Click the dropdown arrow and select a Jira issue from the list.
  • The selected Jira issue is associated to the currently configured commit.
  • Repeat the same process to associate one or more Jira issues.
  • Click X to remove selected commit association(s).

Method 2

  • Type a Jira issue key or a word from a Jira issue summary and the list will try to display them.
  • Click a Jira issue from the list to associate it to the currently configure commit.
  • Repeat the same process to associate one or more Jira issues.
  • Click X to remove selected commit association(s).

Click Save to save the changes.

JIRA administrators can add/remove any association(s).

Project administrators can add/remove any association(s) in that project.

The authors of the commit can add/remove the association, if they have the View Development Tools access.

If the commit is associated with multiple Jira issues, you will see the following:

In the above example, the selected commit is associated with Jira issues TEST-1 and TEST-4.

Saving the changes triggers a repository reindexing to show new associations.

 


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