Supported Git Providers and Feature Comparison

Gerrit Code Review

Available

Full support. Configure via Jigit admin page > Gerrit tab.

GitHub Cloud

Available

Supports Personal Access Token (PAT) and GitHub App authentication.

GitLab Cloud

Available

Personal Access Token only. GitLab Cloud (gitlab.com) only - self-managed GitLab instances are not supported. Configure via Jigit admin page > Integrations tab.

Azure DevOps

Not available

We recommend Azure DevOps for Jira, which is purpose-built for Azure DevOps and Jira Cloud integration.

Pull request indexation

Yes

Yes

PRs linked to Jira work items appear in the Jigit Development panel on the issue view.

Branch indexation

Yes

Yes

Branches linked to Jira work items appear in the Jigit Development panel.

Commit indexation

Yes

Not available

Cloud does not support commit-only indexation. Integrations migrated from DC with commits-only enabled are imported as disabled; enabling branches or PRs will reactivate them.

Gerrit code review

Yes

Yes

Gerrit changes appear in the Gerrit tab in the Jira work item Activity section.

GitHub Cloud via PAT

Yes

Yes

Personal Access Token connection works the same as DC.

GitHub App authentication

Yes

Yes

Recommended for GitHub Cloud connections.

GitLab Cloud

Yes

Yes

Personal Access Token only; gitlab.com only, self-managed GitLab is not supported. See Jigit - Cloud Configuration for setup, and Jigit - Migrating from Data Center to Cloud if you have an existing migrated integration.

Azure DevOps

Yes

Not available

Use Azure DevOps for Jira instead.

Webhooks

Yes

Yes

Available for both GitHub and GitLab. Jigit registers the webhook with your Git provider automatically once enabled - see Jigit - Cloud Configuration.

Smart commits

Yes

Not available

Smart commits (e.g. #PROJ-123 #resolve) are a Data Center feature and are not supported in Jigit Cloud.

Create / link branch from Jira

Yes

Roadmap

Only linking branches directly from a Jira work item is supported in Jigit Cloud at this time.

Create / link code review from Jira

Yes

Roadmap

Only linking code reviews directly from a Jira work item is supported in Jigit Cloud at this time.

GitHub Dependabot alerts

Yes

Not available

Dependabot alert configurations are project-level in DC and have no equivalent in Jigit Cloud.

Activity report

Yes

Not available

The Git activity report is a Data Center feature with no equivalent in Cloud at this time.

Project-level configuration

Yes

Roadmap

Cloud uses global-level configuration only. Project-level configs from DC are migrated to global scope.

User-level Git credentials

Yes

Yes

Jira users can manage their own Git connection credentials via Profile > Jigit Git Connections.

Cloud Migration Assistant (CMA)

Yes

Yes

Automated migration via Atlassian CMA is available. See Jigit - Migrating from Data Center to Cloud.

Manual JSON migration

Yes

Available

Export JSON from DC admin, import in Cloud admin Migration tab. See Jigit - Migrating from Data Center to Cloud.