@ks-keshava-rao/Jira-description

Github action to integrate your Jira ticket description to the associated pull request description.

Pull Request Description	Jira Ticket

Example Workflow

• Create a file Jira-pr-action.yml in the .github/workflows directory in your repository with the following content:

name: Update PR Description from Jira 
on:
 pull_request:
   types: [opened , reopened]

jobs:
 update_pr_description:
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest

   steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2

     - name: Update PR description 
       id: update_description
       uses: ks-keshava-rao/Jira-description@v1
       with:
          token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}} # required
          jiraId: ${{steps.extract_branch_name.outputs.jira_id}} # required
          orgUrl: https://testcompany.atlassian.net # required
          jiraToken: ${{secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN}} # required
          jiraUsername: ${{secrets.JIRA_USERNAME}} # required
          sonarQubeUrl: https://sonar.testcompany.co # optional

Inputs

Name	Description	Example	Required
token	Automatically generated repo scoped token, provided by Github by default. configure read and write permissions for the workflow.	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}	Yes
jiraId	Jira issue id or Jira ticket id for the associated jira issue, can be extracted from a step in a job or obtained by any other way .	${{steps.extract_branch_name.outputs.jira_id}} or SWT-328	Yes
orgUrl	Organisation's sub-domain for Jira .	https://sub-domain.atlassian.net	Yes
jiraToken	Project scoped Jira API token for Authorization. check here for configuring the Jira API token into your Repo	${{secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN}}	Yes
jiraUsername	Email address or username of the user account in Jira from which the jiraToken was obtained refer .	${{secrets.JIRA_USERNAME}}	Yes
sonarQubeUrl	Organization's sonarQube sub-domain for code quality and analysis if applicable .	https://sonar.testcompany.co	No

Warning

Action result - the action will fail the workflow in case required input fields provided are incorrect or invalid .

jira-authorization-credentials

1. Jira API token can be obtained from the account settings in Jira , reference .
2. Jira API token should be added to repository secrets with the desired name for the token value .
3. The Jira username must correspond to the email address of the user account used to generate the Jira API token. This username should be set as a secret key in the repository's secrets under the chosen name for the username value.

Note

This build makes use of Jira REST API V2, which means that the Markdown formatting in Jira and GitHub pull requests may not perfectly align. While certain advanced formatting features may not translate precisely, basic elements like plain text, bullet points, and paragraphs remain consistent between the two platforms.