[NXBT-2874] Jira and GitHub integration - Nuxeo Issue Tracker

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For now, the connection between Jira and GitHub relies on Jenkins builds and the Jenkins Jira Plugin .

This is not satisfying because:

it requires a Jenkins job to "build" a revision for it being recorded into Jira ; reciprocally, it means that some commits may not be recorded
in its current implementation, the Jenkins Jira plugin is performing a clone/checkout that is highly overkill, consuming time and disk space

Look for a direct integration between Jira and GitHub so that commit messages are parsed and recorded into Jira when referencing a Jira issue.

Most solutions seems tied to Jira Cloud:

Give a try with:

If satisfying, then ask for (and help with) removal of all dedicated jobs that are only cloning for the recording purpose, not building anything.

is related to

NXBT-2862 Jenkins must be able to comment JIRA tickets

NXBT-3309 Add link in Jira to newly opened Pull Requests on GitHub

NXBT-3308 Improve GitHub comment on PRs linking to jira issues

NXBT-3310 Make some Captain Hook features available on private repositories