Adding github releases to jira

[Akhil Gopinatha Kurup]

We are using github as source control and we keep all versions (github tags) in github . is it possible to sync github releases to jira 

[Hartmut Leister]

If you're not afraid to script this yourself, you can do this using

• jira-python https://pypi.org/project/jira/ (to list jira versions)
• jira API (I'm going into this with python requests) for 'version' (to create new versions, jira-python doesn't offer this)
  • see https://www.opentechguides.com/how-to/article/python/185/jira-python-rest.html
  • see https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/7.6.1/#api/2/version-createVersion
• git tag command: git tag --list
• a jira user and password (or possibly access token) with at least project admin role on the given jira project
• the git repository locally

a stub to do this on python 3.7 would then be
(read the above docs before!)

# get git tags
>>> os.chdir( git_folder_local_path)
>>> git_tags = subprocess.check_output("git tag --list").decode().splitlines()

# get existing jira versions (jira_inst is a connected jira-python instance)
>>> jira_versions = [ vers.name for vers in jira_inst.project_versions( proj_name)]

# get missing jira versions
>>> missing_versions = set( git_tags) - set( jira_versions)

# create missing versions (has to be done via API)
>>> headers = {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Basic ' + base64_obfuscated_credentials,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
>>> def AddProjectVersion( project, name):
    data = { "name": name, "project": project }
    req = requests.post( JIRA_BASE_URL + "rest/api/2/version", headers = headers, json = data)
    if not req:
        raise RuntimeError( "API call failed [{}]: {}".format( req.status_code, req.content.decode()))
    return req.json()
>>> for vname in missing_versions:
    AddProjectVersion( proj_name, vname)

[Steven de Groot]

Hi Akhil,

You can integrate GitHub with JIRA using the DVCS connector.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/linking-a-bitbucket-or-github-repository-with-jira-938846899.html

-Steven

[Akhil Gopinatha Kurup]

i have integrated this connector i can see the github commits, pull requests in jira tickets , but i want to know how we can sync github version releases in jira releases 

[Steven de Groot]

Hi Akhil,

I'd suggest to check the github plugin:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.xiplink.jira.git.jira_git_plugin/server/overview

-Steven

[Eric Nelson]

I don't follow where this plugin helps. It looks like Akhil is looking for the "JIRA Releases" which are in the "Release Hub" of JIRA to be auto-populated by git tags as seen by Bitbucket. 

[Alairion-GD]

I would like to know this as well.  All the plugin seems to do is add a link to my repo on the side bar.  I'd like to at least be able to enter a GitHub branch/tag URL into my release notes or a comment field or something.

[Bhavna Bhawnani]

Following this. I would also like to know how can i see Releases from Github in JIRA. We use the new Github - JIRA intergation maintained by Github. 

[Tiago_Rocha]

Any news on this? I would like to make a release on Github, add the tag to Jira release and tag the tickets on a specific column with that tag. 

[David Jorjani]

Same request! Has anyone found a solution?

[Stefanos Hadjipetrou]

Any updates on this request?

[Eli Y_ Park]

Following

[Pascal Salm]

same here...

[Ofir Tehila]

Same need here

[Yehuda Cohen]

Same here too ...

[michael.nguyen]

following.

[Matthew Mims]

Same here. Would make our release management so much easier.

[Nathan Dierks]

This would be incredibly helpful for release management.

[Justin Liu]

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[yehudamakarov]

this would be helpful because you can manage your tickets in jira, and generate the release info there and then get it into github with a release there with the fix version

[Leonardo Viada]

Reaching out to know if there's any update...

[Anthony Comito]

hi

[David Kahara]

Is there any update on this? Seems like a feature a lot of people are interested in 🙂

[Hartmut Leister]

You should only expect such a feature for Jira Cloud. Atlassian has mostly abandoned feature development for Jira Server and Datacenter.

You might get this solution from github, however.

My script below might be implemented in a github workflow
-> https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Adding-github-releases-to-jira/qaq-p/738261#M487918

[Tenzing Doleck]

looking for JIRA cloud as well

[Alena Karpova]

following