Creating a release branch on sprint end

[Zach Smith]

I am relatively new to jira and the automation it allows. I currently setting up a trigger to kick off a task when I end the sprint to create a release branch off of master.

What I am wanting to try and do is have jira/bitbucket automatically create this release branch for me, if it is possible, when I end the sprint. It would also be cool if it could automatically update the version as well, but that could just be a pipe dream. I have been googling around and cannot seem to find anything saying you can or cannot.

Our setup basically has a master branch: when an issue is created, they branch off master, do the work, create a pull request, and it gets merged back into master. When the sprint ends, I create the release branch off of master to have a historical static entity of what work was done up to that point and to give a point to build off of to send out to the customers for testing on their end.

[Charlie Gavey]

Hi @Zach Smith

Here's some quick links to working with BitBucket in Automation for Jira. You'll find Automation in your Project or Global Settings.

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Automation-feature-rolled-out-Create-branch-in-Bitbucket/ba-p/2079583

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/bitbucket-github-gitlab

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Charlie

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

@Charlie Gavey Are these Bitbucket actions work with Jira Server, as that's the deployment type this thread was labeled with?

It seems to me that the articles you link apply to Jira Cloud only. Am I missing something?

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

Automation for Jira doesn't offer dedicated actions for Bitbucket.

But, because the AFJ framework is extensible, do this:

1. add a Groovy script execution action to the automation rule (this app extends the set of built-in actions with the "Run Groovy script" action)
2. from the Groovy script, create a branch through the Bitbucket REST API

(Discl. The recommended app is developed by my team. It is paid, supported and offers a solution where the built-in capabilities are not sufficient.)

[Charlie Gavey]

Hi @Aron Gombas - you can find more info here on the dedicated BitBucket actions we support in Automation for Jira:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Automation-articles/Automation-feature-rolled-out-Create-branch-in-Bitbucket/ba-p/2079583

https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/bitbucket-github-gitlab