Asana and GitHub: how to connect commits to tasks

Why connect Asana and GitHub

Developers live in GitHub. Everyone else lives in Asana. When those two worlds do not talk to each other, project managers chase status updates that the commit history already answers, and engineers repeat themselves in standups instead of shipping.

Connecting Asana and GitHub closes that gap. When a developer references a task in a commit message, that work shows up on the Asana task itself, visible to everyone who cares about it.

How the connection works

Astogi's Git commit tracking integration links your GitHub repository to Asana. When a commit message contains an Asana task number, Astogi posts the commit to the matching task. Reviewers and stakeholders see real progress in Asana without ever opening the repository.

It works best next to automatic task numbering, which gives every task the short, human-friendly number you drop into your commit messages.

Setting it up

1. Sign in to Astogi and open the repositories section of your dashboard.
2. Connect your GitHub account and pick the repository you want to track.
3. Reference an Asana task number in your commit messages.
4. Astogi posts each matching commit to the right Asana task.

What changes for your team

• Non-technical stakeholders see progress without learning Git.
• The Asana task becomes a single source of truth for what shipped.
• Code review and project tracking stop drifting apart.

Astogi supports GitHub and Bitbucket today. For the full setup, see the Git commit tracking page. If you work in a different provider, tell us on the custom integration page and we can look at building it.

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