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Alastair Wilkes

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Ship faster with Jira Software and Bitbucket in VS Code

We created a better developer experience by bringing Jira Software and Bitbucket features into an Visual Studio Code.


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Preview your pull requests and more with Atlassian for VS Code 2.0

Earlier this year we released the Atlassian for Visual Studio Code extension, bringing Bitbucket and Jira closer to where developers work every day. The extension allowed you to view and create issues, pull requests, and pipelines without ever leaving the IDE. The extension speeds up your workflow with time-saving features like the “Start work” button […]


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Save time with default pull request descriptions

The Description field lets pull request authors set the context for a code review. By default, pull request descriptions automatically populate with a list of commits when there’s more than one commit on the source branch. The list of commits provides a basic description of the author’s changes and provides a basis for creating a more complete […]


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Fast-forward merges in Bitbucket Cloud – and by default, if you like

Imagine this scenario: your code’s ready to go, your teammates have approved your pull request, and the builds are green. Now you just need to merge your feature branch into master, but you have a choice to make: which merge strategy should I use? Natively, Git offers several merge strategies. In Pull Request Merge Strategies: The […]


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Document changes with required issue keys in Bitbucket Cloud

“Why was this change made again?” Issue keys referenced in commit messages help answer this question by providing a link with more context around why a particular change was made. They’re useful for everyone from new team members getting their bearings with a repo, to quality engineers reviewing the latest release, or a budding startup getting […]