Use development tools
JIRA Software can be integrated with development tools such as Bitbucket Cloud, Bamboo, and GitHub. By connecting compatible development tools, you can perform the following actions:
View development information for issues
Depending on which tools your administrator has JIRA Software to, the Development panel in the View Issue screen provides the following functionalities:
| view and create branches, view commits, and view and create pull requests | |
| view branches (not create), view commits, and view and create reviews | |
| view the status of builds and deployments | |
GitHub or GitHub Enterprise | view branches (not create), view commits, and view and create pull requests |
See here to learn more about viewing the development information for issues you're working on.
Reference issues in your development work
You can reference issue keys in your commits, branches, pull requests, etc to enable the following:
- Show links to your development work on the issue in a Development panel
- Automatically transition the issue to a new status, if your administrator has set up workflow triggers
- Collate your issues and development work on the Version details page, which is used to track and release the version
See here to learn more about referencing issues in your development work.
Process issues with Smart Commits
You can process JIRA Software using special commands, called Smart Commits, in your commit messages.
You can:
- Comment on issues
- Record time-tracking information against issues
- Transition issues to any status defined in the JIRA Software project's workflow
See here to learn more about using Smart Commits with your issues.
Check out these related topics:
- Integrating with development tools
- Processing issues with Smart Commits
- Logging work on issues
- Configuring time tracking