Add CLONE Prefix to the Summary

This page provides details on how to add CLONE prefix to the summary when you clone an issue.

The standard clone operation that comes with Jira adds prefix CLONE - to the summary of the original issue by default. The certain users do not like this and prefer only the original summary. By default, Clone Plus does not change the summary. However, it can be customized to add this or any other prefix you like to the summary (or other fields for that matter).

Steps

1. Sign in to your Jira instance as Jira administrator.

2. In the top navigation bar, select JIRA Administration > Manage apps.
   The Manage apps page is displayed.

3. In the left sidebar of the Manage apps page, select Clone Plus for Jira.
   The Clone Plus for Jira Configuration page is displayed.

4. Select Clone plus properties > Edit tab to edit a copy of the currently active configuration.
   Or
   You can also create a clone-plus.properties file in the directory configured as your JIRA home directory or copy and modify the example clone-plus.properties file.

5. Add the following sample code to create custom clone operations Clone+ (custom1) and Clone++ (custom1):

   # Configure the custom 1 clone operation # Show this operation all the time 1.condition.*.*.* = true # Set the label 1.label = Clone 1.tooltip = Clone after editing fields   # Set the summary to be like the default Clone operation by adding "CLONE - " 1.set.summary = CLONE - @summary@   # Configure the custom 1 plus clone operation # Show this operation all the time 1.plus.condition.*.*.* = true   # Set the label 1.plus.label = Clone+ 1.plus.tooltip = Clone after selecting project and type and then editing fields   # Set the summary to be like the default Clone operation by adding "CLONE - " 1.plus.set.summary = CLONE - @summary@

6. Click Make Active.

7. Ensure that the Clone+ (custom1) and Clone++ (custom1) modules are enabled. For more details, refer the How to enable and disable clone operations page.
   Once the Jira administrator has done these changes and the users clone any issue using the Clone+ (custom1) and Clone++ (custom1) clone operation, the summary is prefixed with CLONE -.