cac-jira 0.3.1

A command-line interface for interacting with Jira

Jira CLI

A command-line interface for interacting with Jira.

Installation

This project uses Poetry for dependency management.

Steps to Install

pip install cac-jira

Configuration

Create a configuration file at ~/.config/cac_jira/config.yaml:

server: https://your-jira-instance.atlassian.net
project: YOUR_PROJECT_KEY  # Optional default project
username: [e-mail]

Usage

The Jira CLI follows a command-action pattern for all operations:

jira <command> <action> [options]

Global Options

• --verbose: Enable debug output
• --output [table|json]: Control output format (default table)
• --help: Show command help

Examples

Issue Commands

List issues in a project:

jira issue list --project PROJ

List issues with additional filtering:

jira issue list --project PROJ

Create a new issue:

jira issue create --project PROJ --type Task --title "Fix login bug" --description "Users can't log in"

Create and assign to yourself:

jira issue create --project PROJ --type Bug --title "Server crash" --assign

Create and immediately start work:

jira issue create --project PROJ --type Story --title "Add login feature" --begin

Add an issue to an epic:

jira issue create --project PROJ --type Task --title "Subtask" --epic PROJ-100

Label an issue:

jira issue label --issue ISSUE_KEY --labels label1,label2

Transition an issue:

jira issue begin --issue ISSUE_KEY    # Start work
jira issue close --issue ISSUE_KEY    # Mark as complete

Project Commands

List all projects:

jira project list

Show a project:

jira project show --name PROJ-123

Advanced Examples

Update an issue's title or description:

jira issue update --issue ISSUE_KEY --title "New issue title" --description "new issue description"

Add a comment to an issue:

jira issue comment --issue ISSUE_KEY --comment "This is a comment."

List all issue IDs matching a label:

jira issue list --output json | jq -r '.[] | select(.Labels | contains("production")) | .ID'

Development

Setup Development Environment

# Install dependencies including dev dependencies
poetry install

# Run tests
poetry run pytest

Please note that tests are still WIP

Project Structure

• cac_jira/commands/ - Command implementations
  • issue/ - Issue-related commands
  • project/ - Project-related commands
• cac_jira/cli/ - CLI entry point and argument parsing

Adding New Commands

1. Create a new action module in the appropriate command directory.
2. Define a class that inherits from the command's base class.
3. Implement define_arguments() and execute() methods.