I'm trying to create an "association" function between PVCS and Jira, until we obtain BitBucket. The idea I've come up with is:
- A Jira issue is created, and a Developer is assigned.
- While adding or checking in software modules in PVCS, the Developer assigns a Version Label, equal to the Jira issue key, to the modules. After add/check-in, a PVCS “trigger” script writes the module path(s) and name(s), Developer name, Date/time and description to an email whose address automatically triggers a transition that updates the Jira issue whose key is in the email Subject, with the data. The data could be appended to a field that appears in a Version Control section of the Jira issue.
The big question is, can an email to a designated box automatically update a Jira issue if the issue key is contained in the email Subject or Body? If not, is writing to a file an alternative, and if so, how would the file be attached to or read by the Jira issue?
