Better Commit Policy for Jira (Git, Bitbucket and more!)

by Midori Global Consulting Kft.

works with Jira Cloud, Jira Server 6.3 - 9.16.1, Jira Data Center 11.0.0 - 11.3.7 and more

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Key highlights of the appEnforce commit standards, Jira traceability, and pull request rules automatically — before AI-generated code breaks your process

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Enforce commit standards across the organization

Jira has no native capability to enforce commit rules. Enforce commit message formats, Jira links, branch naming, PR titles, and descriptions automatically across repositories.

💡 What commit rules are supported?

Easy change control, fast code reviews & audits

Every commit is linked to a Jira work item. Automate compliance with regulated development workflows: ISO, IEC, SOX, FDA. Better Commit Policy enforces the rules so your system is audit-ready by default.

💡 How?

For Bitbucket Cloud, GitHub Cloud and GitLab Cloud

Better Commit Policy securely connects your Jira Cloud with cloud-hosted Git workspaces, enforcing commit checks before non-compliant code enters the repository.

Prevention, not detection.

💡 Which Git workspaces work?

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Better Commit Policy checks every commit, branch, and pull request against rules you define. Local commit check runs at commit time, and merge check blocks non-compliant changes from entering the repository.

As AI coding tools increase commit volume, automated governance isn't optional. It's the only approach that scales.

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✨ Benefits:

Traceability between code changes and Jira work items
Scales with AI development
Compliance with regulated development workflows (ISO, IEC, SOX, FDA)
Faster code reviews and audits
Conventions enforced at the system level, not by peer pressure
Use pre-commit hooks with Tower, VSCode, macOS, more

✔️ Available checks:

Commit message conventions (format, length, work item links)
Pull request title (same)
Pull request description (same)
Pull request source branch (same)
Pull request destination branch
... and more!

Supported Developer, DevOps and DevSecOps platforms:

🔥 Bitbucket
GitHub (soon!)
GitLab (soon!)

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App documentation
Comprehensive set of documentation from the partner on how this app works

Privacy and Security

Privacy policy

Atlassian's privacy policy is not applicable to the use of this app. Please refer to the privacy policy provided by this app's partner.

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Security program

This app is part of the Marketplace Bug Bounty program.

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Integration permissions

Better Commit Policy for Jira (Git, Bitbucket and more!) integrates with your Atlassian app

Version information

Version 5.6.0•for Jira Cloud

Release date: Jun 8th 2026
Summary: Minor version update
Details: Minor version update
Payment model: Paid via Atlassian
License type: Commercial