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Git Integration for Jira Cloud Documentation

Setting Project Permissions

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Introduction

By default – integrations (GitLab, GitHub, etc) and individual repositories are associated with all Jira projects. Jira administrators can limit which Jira projects are associated to integrations or individual repositories.

Related Features
Associating a Jira project with an integration or repository will limit repository content displaying in:

  • Git Commits issue tab

  • Git Roll Up issue tab

  • Git Source Code issue side panel

  • View all repositories page

  • Repository Browser: Browse page

  • Repository Browser: Commits page

  • Repository Browser: Compare page

  • Create branch issue dialog

  • Create pull/merge request issue dialog

Jira users must have the View Development Tools permission in the context of a Jira project to view content from the Git Integration for Jira app.

Instructions for integrations (GitLab, GitHub, etc)

To limit which Jira projects are associated with an integration’s repositories:

  1. Navigate to menu Git ➜ Manage Git repositories.

  2. Add a new integration or edit existing integration’s settings.

  3. Locate the Project Permissions setting.

  4. Uncheck Associate with all projects.

  5. Select one or more Jira projects (at least one must be selected).

  6. Click Update.

Video Example 1: Setting project permissions for an existing GitLab integration

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Video Example 2: Setting project permissions at the repository level for an existing GitLab integration

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Instructions for individual repositories

To limit which Jira projects are associated for individual repositories:

  1. Navigate to menu Git ➜ Manage Git repositories.

  2. Add a new repository or edit existing repository’s settings.

  3. Locate the Project Permissions setting.

  4. Uncheck Associate with all projects.

  5. Select one or more Jira projects (at least one must be selected).

  6. Click Update.

Video Example: Setting project permissions for a repository

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