Benefits of Jira and Bitbucket Integration
Asked by MikeH:

My company runs Bitbucket and Jira but they are not currently integrated. What are the benefits to making this integration? I see smart commits are added and the visibility and some control of either app from within the other.

Is there a definitive list or resource indicating the advantages of the integration, is there any downside for making the integration.

Also from what I have read it seems that existing repos cannot benefit from the integration only newly created ones?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Theodora Boudale
body: Hi [@MikeH](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4807575),

The majority of the features of the integration are listed in the following two links:

* <https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/bitbucket-integration>
* <https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/use-bitbucket-cloud-and-jira-together/>

I'm listing them below as well with some additional links:

* If you reference a Jira issue key in a commit message, pull request title, description or comment, that issue key will become a link to the respective Jira issue.  

* In a Bitbucket repository, there will be an option **Jira issues** on the sidebar at the left, where you can [link Jira projects](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/use-jira-software-projects-in-bitbucket/) to view their issues on that page.  

* You can [create Jira issues from Bitbucket](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/create-a-jira-issue-within-a-pull-request/).  

* You can [transition Jira issues during a pull request merge](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/transition-jira-issues-during-a-pull-request-merge/)  

* You can [enable](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/enable-smart-commits/) and [use smart commits](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/use-smart-commits/).  

* On your Bitbucket Dashboard (<https://bitbucket.org/dashboard/overview>), you can view Jira issues assigned to you  

  <br />

* In Jira, in a referenced issue, you can view any associated commits, pull requests, and branches (that have an issue key in their name) in the [**development panel**](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/view-development-information-for-an-issue/)   

* You can create branches and pull requests from the development panel as well.  

* In a Jira Software project, you will see the [Code](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-articles/Code-in-Jira-a-new-Jira-Software-feature-for-classic-and-next/ba-p/1464514) option which will display any repo that references this project's Jira issues  

* You can use Automation in Jira to automate tasks across Jira and Bitbucket  
  <https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/automation-template-library/bitbucket-github-gitlab>  
  <https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-cloud-automation/>

> from what I have read it seems that existing repos cannot benefit from the integration only newly created ones?

Do you perhaps have the link where you read that so I can see what exactly this is referring to and whether it is correct?

You can use the features I mentioned above in both existing and newly created repos.

If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.

Kind regards,  
Theodora


Tags: bitbucket-cloud

cloud

integration

jira