Better than Atlassian Jira integration
Dev panel
| Feature | GitLab | Bitbucket | GitHub |
|---|---|---|---|
| View commits | gitlab-ee#2381 | Panel | Panel |
| View branches | gitlab-ee#2645 | Panel | Panel |
| Real-time updates in Jira dev panel | gitlab-ee#3359 | Panel | Panel |
| View merge requests | gitlab-ee#2646 | Panel | Panel |
| Create branch | gitlab-ee#2647 | Panel | Panel |
| Create merge request (and branch together) | gitlab-ee#2650 | None | None |
| View merge request approvals | gitlab-ee#2652 | None | None |
Navigation
- gitlab-ce#37050 Navigate to external issue tracker page
Jira issue transitions
| Feature | GitLab | Bitbucket | GitHub |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manually configured transitions | Manually configure one transition type | Manually configure multiple transition types | Manually configure multiple transition types |
| Automatic transitions | gitlab-ee#1163, gitlab-ee#2435 | None | None |
| Transitions for non-master branches | gitlab-ee#2436 | None | None |
Migrate from Jira to GitLab issues
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/2780 Import JIRA project issues into GitLab project issues
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/33790 Migrate JIRA agile board to GitLab issue board
Group and instance level integration
- gitlab-ee#2519 Group level integration with JIRA
- gitlab-ee#2561 Define credentials for JIRA integration on a system level
- gitlab-ee#2562 Add "Jira integration" to multiple projects at once
GitLab CI/CD integration
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/38886 Add build badge to JIRA issue
Configurations
- gitlab-ce#31510 Password field in Jira settings
- gitlab-ce#31129 Eliminate project key in Jira integration settings
- gitlab-ce#32483 JiraService does not return error information in result message
- gitlab-ce#31511 Auto test settings upon saving Jira settings
- gitlab-ce#37212 Auto test settings upon saving Jira settings fix
- gitlab-ce#37193 Username and password should only be required for JIRA service when used
- gitlab-ce#37039 When activating an external issue tracker, automatically de-activate all other ones
- gitlab-ce#36495 Validate against trailing spaces in Jira Username configuration
Other
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/25542 Cannot disable JIRA comments
- gitlab-ce#36669 Incorrect default merge request title when Jira activated
- gitlab-ce#40793 Incorrect merge request title when Jira activated and multiple commits on branch
- gitlab-ce#32436 Text is being mis-interpreted as JIRA project IDs
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/37765 Recognize Jira issue URL
- gitlab-ce#31533 Usage ping data for integrations
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/3788 Integration with new JIRA Cloud architecture
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/34124 JIRA integration does not work with JIRA account linked with G Suite
Background
This article talks about how the BitBucket Jira integration is better than the GitHub one.