Plugin @PLUGIN@

This plugin allows to associate Jira issues to Git commits.

It can be configured per project whether the Jira integration is enabled or not. To enable the Jira integration for a project the project must have the following entry in its project.config file in the refs/meta/config branch:

  [plugin "its-jira"]
    enabled = true

If plugin.its-jira.enabled is not specified in the project.config file the value is inherited from the parent project. If it is also not set on any parent project the Jira integration is disabled for this project.

By setting plugin.its-jira.enabled to true in the project.config of the All-Projects project the Jira integration can be enabled by default for all projects. During the initialization of the plugin you are asked if the Jira integration should be enabled by default for all projects and if yes this setting in the project.config of the All-Projects project is done automatically.

If child projects must not be allowed to disable the Jira integration a project can enforce the Jira integration for all child projects by setting plugin.its-jira.enabled to enforced.

Comment links

Git commits are associated to Jira issues reusing the existing Gerrit commitLink configuration to extract the issue-id from the commit messages.

Additionally you need to specify the enforcement policy for git commits with regards to issue-tracker associations; the following values are supported:

MANDATORY : One or more issue-ids are required in the git commit message, otherwise the git push will be rejected.

SUGGESTED : Whenever a git commit message does not contain any issue-id, a warning message is displayed as a suggestion on the client.

OPTIONAL : Issue-ids are linked when found in a git commit message. No warning is displayed otherwise.

Example:

[commentLink "its-jira"]
match = (\\[[A-Z][A-Z]+-[1-9][0-9]*\\])
html = "<a href=\"http://jira.example.com/browse/$1\">$1</a>"
association = SUGGESTED

Once a Git commit with a comment link is detected, the Jira issue ID is extracted and a new comment is added to the issue, pointing back to the original Git commit.

Jira connectivity

In order for Gerrit to connect to Jira/SOAP-API URL and credentials are required in your gerrit.config / secure.config under the [its-jira] section.

Example:

[its-jira]
url=http://jira.example.com
username=admin
password=jirapass

Jira credentials and connectivity details are asked and verified during the Gerrit init.

Comment configuration

It is possible to choose which kind of Gerrit event will trigger the plugin to comment on the Jira issue by adding the following in your gerrit.config file under the [its-jira] section:

commentOnChangeAbandoned : If true, abandoning a change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnChangeCreated : If true, creating a change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnChangeMerged : If true, merging a change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnChangeRestored : If true, restoring an abandoned change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnCommentAdded : If true, adding a comment or reviewing a change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnFirstLinkedPatchSetCreated : If true, creating a patch set for a change adds a comment to the issue if the issue has not been mentioned in previous patch sets of the same change.

commentOnPatchSetCreated : If true, creating a patch set for a change adds a comment to the issue.

commentOnRefUpdatedGitWeb : If true, updating a ref adds a comment to the issue.

By default all parameters are set to true.

Example:

[its-jira]
commentOnCommentAdded=false
commentOnRefUpdatedGitWeb=false

Gerrit init integration

The Jira plugin comes with a Gerrit init step that simplifies the initial configuration. It guides through the configuration of the Jira integration and checks the connectivity.

Gerrit init example:

*** Jira Integration
***

Issue tracker integration for all projects? [DISABLED/?]: enabled

*** Jira connectivity
***

Jira URL (empty to skip)       [http://jira.example.com]:
Jira username                  [admin]:
Change admin's password        [y/N]? y
admin's password               : *****
              confirm password : *****
Test connectivity to http://jira.example.com [y/N]: y
Checking Jira connectivity ... [OK]

*** Jira issue-tracking association
***

Jira issue-Id regex            [([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)]:
Issue-id enforced in commit message [MANDATORY/?]: ?
       Supported options are:
       mandatory
       suggested
       optional
Issue-id enforced in commit message [MANDATORY/?]: suggested

GitWeb integration

When Gerrit gitweb is configured, an additional direct link from Jira to GitWeb will be created, pointing exactly to the Git commit ID containing the Jira issue ID.

Issues workflow automation

Jira plugin is able to automate status transition on the issues based on code-review actions performed on Gerrit; actions are performed on Jira using the username/password provided during Gerrit init. Transition automation is driven by $GERRIT_SITE/etc/issue-state-transition.config file.

Syntax of the status transition configuration file is the following:

[action "<issue-status-action>"]
change=<state-change-type>
verified=<verified-value>
code-review=<code-review-value>

<issue-status-action> : Action to be performed on the Jira issue when all the condition in the stanza are met.

<state-change-type> : Gerrit state change type on which the action will be triggered. Possible values are: created, commented, merged, abandoned, restored

<verified-value> : Verified label added on the Gerrit change with a value from -1 to +1

<code-review-value> : Code-Review label added on the Gerrit change with a value from -2 to +2

Note: multiple conditions in the action stanza are possible but at least one must be present.

Example:

[action "Start Progress"]
change=created

[action "Resolve Issue"]
verified=+1
code-review=+2

[action "Close Issue"]
change=merged

[action "Stop Progress"]
change=abandoned

The above example defines four status transitions on Jira, based on the following conditions:

  • Whenever a new Change is created on Gerrit, start progress on the Jira issue
  • Whenever a change is verified and reviewed with +2, set the Jira issue to resolved
  • Whenever a change is merged to the branch, close the Jira issue
  • Whenever a change is abandoned, stop the progress on the Jira issue