How do I add a Related Work Item to a Commit?

[Yadel Lopez]

Like in Visual Studio, I would like if possible to relate my commits to bugs, tasks, etc. In Visual Studio is as easy as Add Work Item by ID from the Related Work Items section.

[Daniel Eads · Accepted solution]

Hey Yadel,

I'm going to assume you're asking about Sourcetree, or at least about committing to a git repository like Bitbucket.

If you've got Bitbucket (or Github) connected to Jira, all you need to do is mention the Jira key (e.g. ABC-123) in your commit message and the rest will be taken care of for you by the Jira integration. It doesn't matter if you're using Sourcetree, Github Desktop, or even straight git-cli - as long as the issue key is in the commit message, it'll be linked.

To see more about connecting Jira to whichever source control you're using, check out these links:

• Connecting Jira Cloud to Bitbucket
• Connecting Jira Cloud to Github
• Connecting Jira Server to Bitbucket or Github

Cheers,
Daniel

[Yadel Lopez]

You guessed right about SourceTree, and I'm committing to a Git repo in VSTS. One thing I have noticed is, when I do it in VS the comments for the commit display the work item Id with a #[Id]. I'm not sure if by doing so (manually entering #[Id]), will be enough.

[Yadel Lopez]

It worked. By just adding #[Id] in the commit comments.

[Çağlar]

How about for Azure DevOps? I tried it as #[id] and it didn't work. Any ideas?

[David Gaidano]

I have the same issue, any solution ?