jira-duplicate-bugs

Find potential duplicate bugs in a Jira project. Provide PROJECT_KEY here: $ARGUMENTS.

Workflow

Follow these instructions explicitly:

1. Use acli jira auth status to get the "Site" value, which will be used to generate URLs later
2. Use acli jira workitem search --json --jql "project={PROJECT_KEY} and issuetype=Bug" --paginate to fetch all work items in the project, iterating through all pages if need be
3. Output a working table of unique work item pairs, where at least one work item in the pair does not have status.name of "Done" - for example, assuming you have work items A and B
   • if (A status.name != "Done" AND B status.name != "Done") OR (A status.name = "Done" AND B status.name != "Done") OR (A status.name != "Done" AND B status.name = "Done") include a row (A,B) in the table
   • do not create a duplicative row (B,A) in addition to (A,B)
   • table schema should be (A.key | A.summary | B.key | B.summary)
   • DO NOT truncate summary text
4. Did you output a working table in step 3? If not, go back to step 3 and output a working table - DO NOT proceed unless that has been completed
5. Analyze all work item PAIRS in the previously created working table to identify potential duplicates based on similar summary text
   • when analyzing, consider only a single row at a time to avoid finding work item pairs that both have status.name = "Done"
6. For each potential duplicate pair, use acli jira workitem link list --key "{key}" --json on BOTH of the work items to check if they are already linked to each other
   • you need to check both work items because that acli command supports "duplicates" but not "is duplicated by" relationships
7. If the pair of work items is not already linked, use acli jira workitem view "{key}" --fields "issuetype,summary,description" for both work items to review them in additional detail and increase confidence that they are duplicates
8. For each pair of work items that are duplicates, generate URLs for each work item using the format: https://{site}/browse/{key}