Smart Commit for updating arbitrary field

Question

I would like to able to automatically apply Fix Version to the JIRA associated with a PR in Github.

The smart commit feature seems to have a limited set of 3 things that can be done via PRs, updating an arbitrary field doesn't seem to be one of them.

Is that correct or did I miss something? Is support for this being planned?

A frequent issue we have is forgetting to assign fix versions and transitioning JIRA status to Validation which is how our QA team finds what needs to be tested in a release. "Automating" this somewhat with a PR smart commit would alleviate that pain.

Ashok Kunaparaju · Answer

Thanks for the response. Looks like transitioning the state of a JIRA is supported by smart commits.

What I'm looking for is a way to update a "Fix Version" field automatically when a PR is merged.

Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire} · Answer

@Ashok Kunaparaju

If you set up triggers then it can help you in transitioning the status of ticket to Validation on the creation of Pull Request in Github.

You can find the details of workflow trigger here :

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver073/configuring-workflow-triggers-861253661.html#Configuringworkflowtriggers-triggerlist

This Atlassian Wokrflow will also be helpful :

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212534/dev-workflow-with-triggers-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview

Regards

Prakhar