The extension adds a new Create branch button to the Jira Issue overview control buttons under the issue title. If you wish to open new branches for your ticket you've just started working on, this extension could help.
This chrome extension makes it easier to create new branches on GitLab directly from Jira. Adds a new button to the issue overview page. After clicking this button a modal shows up. On this modal you can specifiy the desired name of the new branch and the rerfence branch or commit hash where it will be forked from. You can also always notice the project name of your GitLab repo where this new branch will be created. Currently only one project/repo supported. For perfoming the create branch action the extension uses the GitLab APIs. See the GitLab API docs! If the branch created successfully then a success notif should popup. If something went wrong you will see browser alerts.
To reveal the extension settings simply click on the extension icon in the extensions toolbar. On the popup you have to set the access token and the project id from GitLab.
In order to get access to the GitLab APIs you must create an access token first in your profile with allowing the api usage (only). Then you should copy the generated key.
The project id can be found on the project`s overview page on GitLab.
- Save Don't foget to click the ´Save´ button. After you have saved the values the extension is ready to use.
