Bitbucket
Git hosting that plugs straight into Jira and the rest of the Atlassian stack
What it is
About Bitbucket
Bitbucket is Atlassian's Git repository hosting platform, used by development teams to store source code, manage pull requests and run CI/CD pipelines, particularly in organisations already using Jira. Its main draw over GitHub/GitLab is tight native integration with Jira and Confluence, making it popular with teams already standardised on Atlassian tooling for issue tracking and documentation.
What you can do with it
Capabilities
Host and version-control Git repositories with branch permissions
Run code review via pull requests with inline comments and approvals
Automate build/test/deploy pipelines with Bitbucket Pipelines
Link commits and pull requests directly to Jira issues
Manage team access and repository permissions centrally
How to learn it
Learning Resources
Atlassian's official Bitbucket documentation and Git tutorials (Atlassian Git tutorial series)
Atlassian University's free Bitbucket courses
General Git fundamentals courses, since Bitbucket's workflow closely mirrors GitHub/GitLab
Practise by creating a free Bitbucket repo and running a full pull-request review cycle with a teammate
Pro Tip
If your team already lives in Jira, Bitbucket's smart commits (referencing a Jira ticket key in a commit message to auto-transition it) save a surprising amount of manual ticket-updating busywork
Skills that use this tool
Roles that use this tool