Require linked Jira ticket as a pre merge check

[Frank Rosalia]

I'm looking to add a functionality to our team's workflow which requires users to link a Jira ticket to a PR as a pre-merge check for merges to master branch. I'm not sure if this is something that exists out-of-the-box or if this is a good use case for custom merge checks. Any advice is appreciated! 

[Saxea _Flowie_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Frank Rosalia

This is not available out-of-the-box on Bitbucket. It is possible to implement using a custom merge check, although you need to develop and deploy our own app. Alternatively, an easier way is to use existing addons like Flowie (which we provide) or Better Commit Policy. This question has some more details.