jt

Tiny command-line tool for creating JIRA issues with a summary, description and optionally a parent.

Installation

If you have go install locally, compile and install with:

go install github.com/leosunmo/jt/cmd/jt

Otherwise download a release from the releases page and put it in your path.

Usage

Create a config file under ~/.config/jt/config.yaml with some default values. Here's an example with all supported values:

url: https://example.atlassian.net
email: [email protected]
defaultProjectKey: PRJ
defaultIssueType: Task
defaultComponentNames:
  - Team A
  - Development
DefaultParentIssueTypes:
  - Epic
  - Initiative

Then you can create an issue with:

# Create issue with only a summary
jt My new issue

# Create issue with a summary and a description
jt My new issue -m "With a description!"

# Or create an issue with $EDITOR
jt
# The first line is the issue summary/title
#
# The description is everything after a blank line
# which can be multiline.

If you want to add the issue to a parent Epic or Initiative, use -p:

jt -p ABC-12345 Add a feature

Setting up JIRA API access

The first time you run it, it will prompt for an access token for JIRA. You can generate one at https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens.

It will be stored in your system's keyring, so you won't have to enter it again until you restart or lock your keychain.

gitcommit-style vim highlighting

Add this to your .vimrc to get gitcommit-style highlighting for the summary and description:

" jt syntax highlighting
au BufReadPost *.jt set syntax=gitcommit

auto-completion and in-line search for parent issues

The provided completion script for zsh allows you to not only get completion for available flags, but also to search easily for parent issues with descriptions.

jt -p <TAB>
PROJ-12345 [Initiative]: Initiative A
PROJ-12344 [Initiative]: Initiative B
PROJ-12343 [Epic]: Epic A
PROJ-12342 [Epic]: Epic B

# You can also search for a specific description by typing it after `-p`
jt -p image<TAB>
```bash
PROJ-12340 [Initiative]: Immutable Docker Images 
PROJ-12341 [Initiative]: Image Storage Project
PROJ-12338 [Epic]: Scan Images
PROJ-12339 [Epic]: Optimize Go image

# Or search for a specific issue key
jt -p PROJ-123<TAB>
PROJ-12346 [Initiative]: Initiative C
PROJ-12347 [Initiative]: Initiative D
PROJ-12348 [Epic]: Epic C
PROJ-12349 [Epic]: Epic D

To enable zsh completion, run the following:

source <(jt --completion)

Note: Currently only zsh is supported. If you want to add support for another shell, feel free to open a PR.

TODO

• Allow for creation of multiple issue types. Use strings since each JIRA instance can have different issue types.
• Check issue type when creating with a parent as it has to follow the issue hierarchy.
• Pass the parent issue type to the creation func, or dynamically query for the issue type.
• Investigate if there's a way to get the issue type hierarchy from the JIRA API.
• Add support for more shells.