Rally + GitHub: Keeping Project Management in Sync with Pull Requests
GitHub's Professional Services Engineering team has released Rally + GitHub as an open source project, following up on the team's earlier work with Super Linter. The new integration connects GitHub Enterprise Server (with self-hosted cloud support) to Broadcom's Rally project management platform.
The tool monitors pull request activity and scans the title, body, and commit messages for references to a Rally User Story or Defect. When found, it validates that the referenced item both exists and is in the correct state within Rally.
The Gap It Fills
The integration addresses a migration gap for GitHub Enterprise Server users. GitHub's legacy Services integration with Rally was deprecated in 2018, and functionality was officially removed with the release of GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20. This left many enterprise users without a path to link the two platforms after upgrading.
Broadcom has released its own integration for github.com, but that solution does not extend to GitHub Enterprise Server environments. The Rally + GitHub project fills this void for enterprise deployments.
Getting Started and Contributing
Teams already running Rally can begin with the Get Started guide in the project's README.md. The repository is open for contributions, and the team encourages users to open an issue to share their setup experience or report problems.
