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Jira Issue Type Updater

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Jira Issue Type Updater

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Jira Issue Type Updater

Change issue type of specific Jira issue

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Jira Issue Type Updater

              
  uses: abshamrat/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in abshamrat/jira-issue-type-updater

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Jira Issue Type Updater

Update Jira issue type

Only supports Jira Cloud. Does not support Jira Server (hosted)

Usage

Note: this action requires Jira Login Action

Issue Transition

Example transition action:

- name: Update issue type
  id: update
  uses: shamrat17/jira-issue-type-updater@master
  with:
    issue: GA-181
    issueTypeName: "Bug"

The issue parameter can be an issue id created or retrieved by an upstream action – for example, Create or Find Issue Key. Here is full example workflow:

on:
  push

name: Test Update Issue Type

jobs:
  test-update-issue-type:
    name: Update Issue Type
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Login
      uses: atlassian/gajira-login@master
      env:
        JIRA_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_BASE_URL }}
        JIRA_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER_EMAIL }}
        JIRA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN }}
        
    - name: Create new issue
      id: create
      uses: atlassian/gajira-create@master

    - name: Update issue type
      id: update
      uses: shamrat17/jira-issue-type-updater@master
      with:
        issue: GA-181
        issueTypeName: "Bug"

Action Spec:

Environment variables

  • None

Inputs

  • issue (required) - issue key to perform a transition on
  • issueTypeName - Case insensetive name of issue type to apply. Example: Story or Bug
  • issueTypeId - issue type id to update issue type. (only required if no issueTypeName provided)

Outputs

  • None

Reads fields from config file at $HOME/jira/config.yml

  • issue
  • issueTypeName
  • issueTypeId

Writes fields to config file at $HOME/jira/config.yml

  • None