Git more done with our updated VCS Integrations

Our VCS integrations are now even more integrated. Git ready, git excited, and git more done! Also, maybe git slightly annoyed at our overuse of the word Git in this blog post.

The workflow between GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Clubhouse is now stronger than ever thanks to these additions:

Read on and/or watch the video below to learn what's new, but take note that not every new feature is available with every integration.

Set your preferred naming convention with customizable GitHelpers

Available with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Integrations

If the default format from the Git Helper doesn’t match your own branch naming conventions, you can change it to whatever else you want. As long as the branch includes /ch###/ you’re good to go.

We've included a number of presets to choose from, but if you want to fully customize the formatting, select the Custom Format option at the bottom of this list of presets to select which attributes (and their order) should be part of the branch name.

Smarter controls with open work auto-detection 

Available with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Integrations

Our integration can now detect “open work” that’s associated with a Story when determining when to execute our “PR Opened” or “Branch Merged” event handler. If any open work exists, then the handler is not invoked.

What constitutes “open work”?

More control with Draft PR support 

Available with our GitHub and GitLab Integrations

If you open a pull request as a Draft in GitHub or as a WIP in GitLab, this will no longer trigger the Clubhouse event handler to update the associated Story’s status. We’ll now recognize it as a draft and ignore it.

However, when you move it from a Draft / WIP PR to an Open PR, the Event Handler will trigger and update the Story.

Better bidirectional syncing with GitHub Autolink Support

Available with our GitHub Integration

Link a GitHub commit to a Clubhouse Story by using [ch-xxx] in the title or body. This takes advantage of the GitHub autolink feature and so it needs to be initially configured within GitHub before you can put it to use.

Tell a PR to skip updating Clubhouse 

Available with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Integrations

You can now stop a PR from updating or moving a Story. Simply write [skip-ch] in the title or the body of the PR or label the PR with skip-ch (this label option is not available in Bitbucket).

Faster commands with associating commits via long URL

Available with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Integrations

You can link a commit to a Story by entering the Story URL in the commit message. Like so:

See Pull Request labels in Clubhouse

Available with GitHub and GitLab Integrations

Labels associated with pull requests are now displayed within Clubhouse Stories. Hover over the PR within the Story pane to see them.

See status updates with enhanced Clubhouse PR UI

Available with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Integration

See the status of a Pull Request from right inside the Story pane:

And see the build status of a PR too:

These updates bring significantly more functionality to our VCS integrations. If you’re already using one of them, these new features will automatically appear for you and should be working as of now.

But if you’re not already using one, they’re easy to set up and make Clubhouse a more helpful part of your workflow. Visit our Help Center to git started (you didn’t think we’d pass up one more chance to say “git” did you?) and learn how to set up any of our VCS integrations.