About GitHub Team Links on your issues

The GitHub Team Links app lets you view information on your issues from a GitHub repository without leaving Jira.

Preview GitHub Repositories on your issues

After adding the GitHub Team Links app to your issue, you’ll get access to the content of the connected repository. You'll need to connect one if there isn’t a connected repository in the app setup options.

Open

1. Repository info

2. Layout options

3. Open in GitHub

4. Sign out

Available categories

README

Access the README information from the linked repository.

Pull Requests

View all the Pull Requests from the linked repository. You can search content and look for open or closed Pull requests. You can also change the sorting options.

You can click the Pull Request name to view it on GitHub. You can also click the author’s name to view their info or look up associated issues or comments.

Labels

View all the Labels from the linked repository. You can search for specific labels.

Releases

View all the Releases from the linked repository. You can search releases by the release tag.

You can click the Release name to view it on GitHub. You can also click the author’s name to view their info or look up the associated commit.

Issues

View all the Issues from the linked repository. You can search content and look for open or closed Issues.

You can click the Issue name to view it on GitHub. You can also click the author’s name to view their info or look up the associated comments.

Milestones

View all the Milestones from the linked repository. You can click the Milestone name to view it on GitHub.

Additional options

Layout options

For each issue, you can select the categories to display. By default, all allowed categories are selected.

Open

Click the Layout options button to deselect any categories you don’t need.

Open in GitHub

You can open the linked repository directly in GitHub. Click the “Options” menu and select the “Open in Github” option.

Sign out

You can sign out from the GitHub Team Links at any moment. Click the “Options” menu and select the “Sign out” option. You’ll have to authenticate again to view the repository content.

Wrap up

That's all on adding and using the GitHub Team Lists app to your Jira issues.

If you still have questions about any topics covered on this page, visit our support portal and send us your questions. Our team is always happy to help.