Jira automation rule when pull request is merged

You will need a GitLab account and an active Jira project with the GitLab application installed and configured. 

Search for and select the Pull request merged action. This rule executes when a pull request is merged in GitLab.

Configure the JQL condition by writing a JQL query and saving it. The query is Input the query development[pullrequests].open = 0. Then,click the save button. This query to ensures that if there are other open pull requests for the issue, the issue will not transition to done.

Configure the Transition Issue action to set the issue status to DONE.

Now we will configure the Send Email action so that it sends to some relevant email addresses with template data that is populated from the pull request. The values we used in the email content that are surrounded by parentheses are smart values. The smart value {{pullRequest.title}} is used to populate the title and {{pullRequest.url}} to include the URL from the pull request. Learn more about smart values. When you have configured the send email action click the Save button to continue.

Go ahead and enter a name for this rule and click the Turn It on button. 

The final rule summary should look similar to the following:

You can now trigger this rule by creating a Jira issue and referencing the issue in a merged pull request. Visit the Audit Log to review its behavior and diagnose any errors.  For future reference building other rules check out hundreds of other rules in our Automation Template Library.