Branch created automation trigger only fires if branch contains JIRA reference?

[Iain Johnson]

I'm trying to use automation to create a JIRA release version on Branch created starts with a certain string. It appears the Branch created trigger only fires when a branch name contains a jira ticket reference which is useless in this situation. Is that really a limitation of this trigger or am I doing something wrong?

We follow gitflow naming conventions which means release candidate branches are in the format release/xxx. 

You can see the trigger fires and logs correctly when a branch starts with a JIRA ref, screen below.

[Stefan Salzl · Accepted solution]

Hi @Iain Johnson and welcome to the community,

to catch a branch created trigger natively the answer (from my point of view) is: yes, the branch needs to have a jira reference. This is the only connection between gut and jira. Otherwise the branch is created within your git system but how should jira detect when the link (via issue key) is not set? Jira does not observe any git system by itself but the connection between git and jira can be done via issue key (in commits and/or branch name).

Besides that I could imagine that your use case could be done with a kinda more complex solution like sending a webhook from your git system and grabbing this webhook via a automation rule.

Best
Stefan

[Iain Johnson]

Thanks Stefan, I've gone with a webhook solution. I guess I was assuming the GitHub/Jira integration allowed jira to be made aware of pretty much anything happening in GH regardless of whether it related to an issue or not. The trigger description certainly implies it will be pick up any branch creation, not just one with a jira ref. 

We live and learn.

[Dhiren Notani_Exalate_]

Hi @Iain Johnson ,

Did you manage to get this one working?

Thanks, Dhiren

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