Is there a way for me to change the GitHub branch name in the link to be: assignee/summary

[Nicole Torres]

Before using Jira, we established that the protocol for naming new branches (PRs) in GitHub would be assigneeInitials/thingBeingWorkedOnForThatPR

We would like to continue that format and be able to link the Jira issue to the Github repository but the CREATE BRANCH option makes a default link that we'd like to update to look similar to how we've been working. We would be good with: assigneeName/summary

How can our admin do this?

[nxsm]

Hi, we got a similar problem here. 

We are trying to use Issue number as a part of our internal naming protocol for git branches:

Feature-[Jira Project Tag][Issue number]

Bug-[Jira Project Tag][Issue number]

However, we can't find a way to configure the name for new branches when creating directly from Jira Issue Panel. 

Is there a way to do that now or any plans to implement it? In almost every place I have been, they have their own branch naming conventions and the lack of this feature makes part of this integration useless. 

Thanks.

[Stefan Salzl]

@nxsm 

How could this be done directly from the Jira Issue Panel with Github? My last information was that this is only possible with bitbucket. Has there been a change on this?

Best
Stefan

[nxsm]

Hi, apologies I haven't tried it with GitHub but we tried with GitLab and we were forced to use predefined link by Jira. Anyway to customize the newly generated branches name now? 

Kind regards.

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @nxsm 

haven´t used this feature for month. Just wanted to look for a solution. In my system I have github connected to Jira. When I click the "create branch" button in the development panel the dialog offers a button for more options.

There I am able to change the branch name (at least with several more options) --> see screenshots below:

Best
Stefan

[Derek Fields]

I don't use Github, but I doubt that this is possible. Jira uses the Issue Key in the branch name to create the association between the Issue and the Branch. If you don't embed the Issue Key, there isn't any way for Jira to know how to maintain that association.