What is Bitbucket?
5 min
By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:
- Explain what Bitbucket is and how it helps teams
- Describe how Bitbucket is integrated with Jira and AI
- Explain what you can do with Bitbucket Pipelines
Bitbucket helps you manage your source code
Bitbucket is Atlassian’s cloud-based Git repository platform that enables software teams to securely manage and deploy code.
With seamless integration to Jira, Bitbucket automatically links code changes and development progress to work items. It also uses AI to help you draft and enhance pull request descriptions, making code reviews more efficient.
Together, these features streamline collaboration and provide end-to-end visibility from code changes to project tracking.
👇 Here’s what Bitbucket can look like for you with its integration with Jira.
How your team can use Bitbucket
Bitbucket makes it easy for your team to collaborate with features like intuitive branching and pull request workflows. This enables multiple developers to work together efficiently on the same codebase, while maintaining clear communication.
Your team can connect Bitbucket to market-leading partner tools and build custom integrations to meet the exact needs of your organization.
👉 For example: A development team tracks bugs and features in Jira, creates branches in Bitbucket from Jira work items, collaborates via pull requests, and uses Bitbucket Pipelines to test and deploy automatically. Compass manages alerts and on-call management, while Slack keeps the team synced with notifications and discussions.
Visit this page to learn more about all the tools you can integrate with Bitbucket.
How you can use Bitbucket
Bitbucket users can:
- Store and manage Git repositories: Bitbucket provides a secure, cloud-based space to host your code, making it easy to collaborate with others on projects.
- Track changes to code: Every change to your codebase is tracked, allowing you to review history and revert if needed.
- Create branches for features or bug fixes: Developers can work on new features or fixes in isolated branches, then merge them back into the main codebase.
- Review and merge code changes: Bitbucket supports pull requests, enabling team members to discuss and approve code before it’s merged.
- Automate build and deployment: With Bitbucket Pipelines, you can automate your build, test, and deploy processes directly within Bitbucket.
Explore Bitbucket Pipelines
Bitbucket Pipelines is an integrated CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment) service built into Bitbucket. It allows you to automate your processes directly from your Bitbucket repository, without needing to set up your own CI/CD infrastructure.
Bitbucket Pipelines features include:
- Built-in templates
- Scale on demand
- Support on all platforms
- Smarter CI/CD
- Standardized governance