GitLab JIRA Integration

Integrate JIRA with GitLab merge requests

If you want to continue using JIRA, we got you covered. Here's a short list of what you can do when integrating GitLab with JIRA.

• One GitLab project integrates with all the JIRA projects in a single JIRA instance.
• Quickly navigate to JIRA issues from GitLab.
• Detect and link to JIRA issues from GitLab commits and merge requests.
• Log GitLab events in the associated JIRA issue.
• Automatically close (transition) JIRA issues with GitLab commits and merge requests.
• Learn more in our JIRA integration docs

Migrate from JIRA to GitLab issues

Have you used GitLab issues before? We offer a lot of great functionality that is comparable to JIRA or even better!

• Issue Boards can be used in place of the Agile feature of JIRA. If you use Scrum, GitLab Issue Boards will be a nice fit.

  Learn more about Issue Boards

• Related issues are a bi-directional relationship between any two issues and appear in a block below the issue description. Issues can be across groups and projects.

  Learn more about Related Issues

• Milestones allow you to organize issues and merge requests into a cohesive group, optionally setting a start and a due date. They are a valuable tool to track the development of the process of achieving a goal.

  Learn more about Milestones

• Burndown Charts can be used to see the current state for the completion a given milestone in a clear and beautiful chart.

  Learn more about Burndown Charts

• Due dates can be used in issues to keep track of deadlines and make sure features are shipped on time.

  Learn more about Due dates

• Adding a weight to each issue you can get a better idea of how much time, value or complexity a given issue has or will cost. This is particularly useful when you have a lot of issues, where it can be hard to get an overview.

  Learn more about Issue Weights

Upcoming features

We're constantly working on improving GitLab's integration with JIRA. Here's a list of features we're considering implementing.

GitLab Community Edition

• Import JIRA issues CSV export into GitLab issues: Make it easier to migrate from Jira. Subscribe to issue

GitLab Enterprise Edition Premium

• Import JIRA project issues into GitLab project issues: switch from JIRA to GitLab as your ticketing system. Subscribe to issue
• Automatic and multiple type JIRA issue transitions: Transition the state of a JIRA ticket multiple times depending on the status/workflow in GitLab. Subscribe to issue
• GitLab group level integration: for instances that make use of groups, support JIRA at the group level as well. Subscribe to issue
• GitLab instance level integration: define credentials for JIRA integration on a system level, so that unnecessary round-trips to Ops from developers could be avoided. Subscribe to issue
• JIRA transitions for non-default GitLab branches: Extend the functionality of the issue closing pattern on branches other than the default. Subscribe to issue