How to integrate GitLab.com with Jira Cloud

What this post added

This post details the integration of GitLab.com with Jira Cloud via the 'GitLab for Jira' app. It outlines the configuration steps, including linking GitLab namespaces to Jira projects, and describes the functionalities enabled by this integration: navigating to Jira issues from GitLab, linking GitLab commits and merge requests to Jira issues, logging GitLab events in Jira, and automatically transitioning Jira issues based on GitLab events. It also covers troubleshooting common issues and limitations of the integration.