SmartGit Integrations with other Applications and Git Hosting Services
SmartGit integrates with many modern Git Hosting services, such as GitHub, and can also be used with popular issue-tracking systems like JIRA. These integrations extend SmartGit’s functionality, enhancing productivity within a team as part of a broader software engineering development process (often referred to as ‘DevOps’).
Supported Git Hosting services
Please refer to the applicable vendor-specific documentation to connect a SmartGit repository to a Git hosting provider:
- GitHub and GitHub Enterprise On Premises
- Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Atlassian Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket and Atlassian Stash On Premises
- GitLab
Once integration is configured, the following features become available in SmartGit:
Terminology Differences
The terminology used by different hosting providers varies for features. SmartGit automatically adapts the terminology based on the connected hosting provider. However, for brevity, SmartGit’s online documentation uses GitHub’s terminology when referencing features linked to online hosting providers.
| GitHub | Azure DevOps | BitBucket | GitLab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pull Request | Pull Request | Pull Request | Merge Request |
| Reject PR | Abandon PR | Decline PR | Close PR |
| Approve PR Changes | Approve | ||
| * | Unapprove | Revoke Approval |
Feature Support Matrix:
| GitHub | Azure DevOps | BitBucket | GitLab | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repository Selection & Cloning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inbound & Outbound PR Notifications (Standard Window) | Yes | |||
| Initiate Pull Request | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| View, Add, Edit, and Delete Comments on PRs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Approve Pull Request | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Merge Pull Request | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Close Pull Request | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Visual Indicators and Navigation
Once a repository is cloned from a linked hosting provider, SmartGit provides the following visual indicators and productivity aids:
- In the Working Tree Window, a shortcut link and provider icon above the Branches View allows quick navigation to pull requests in the Log Window.
- In the Log Window, the Branches View shows available pull requests on the remote repository on the hosting provider. In addition, many additional comment and review features become available.
- In the Standard Window, Incoming and Outgoing pull requests are shown.
Supported Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment services:
Additional SmartGit Features
- A
CIindicator appears in the All Branches + Tags tab of the Standard Window for branch(es) configured for CI pipelines. - Clicking a branch marked with the
CIindicator opens a context menu, allowing navigation to the latest CI result on the CI/CD service provider.
Integration with other Software
- Bugtraq links to Web Issue Trackers - Enables hyperlinks between commit messages in SmartGit and web-based issue trackers such as JIRA or Azure Boards.
- Atlassian JIRA - Allows commit messages to be extracted from an open JIRA ticket
- Gerrit
- Git Large File Storage
- AI Services (experimental)
Tips
- If you have multiple identities/logins for the same hosting provider, you can add multiple hosting provider accounts in SmartGit.
- The default name for each hosting provider connection is the provider’s name (e.g., github.com ). You can change this name under Preferences | Hosting Providers by selecting the connection and clicking Edit.