versionMatches()

Description:

Perform searches based on versions which their name match with the provided regular expression.

Note:
This function uses Java native String.matches() method internally to determite the groups affected by the given expression.
See also, Pattern Java Class.

Syntax	versionMatches(regex)
Supported fields	AffectedVersion, FixVersion, custom fields of type Version
Supported operators	`IN , NOT IN`
Unsupported operators	`=` `,` `!=` `,` `~` `,` `!~` `,` `>` `,` `>=` `,` `<` `,` `<=` `IS` `,` `IS NOT` `,` `WAS` `,` `WAS IN` `,` `WAS NOT` `,` `WAS NOT IN` `,` `CHANGED`

Examples:

• Find issues affected by versions that ther name starts with 'v1' i.e. 'v1.1.0', 'v1.2', 'v1.1.6', etc:

affectedVersion IN versionMatches("v1.*")

• Find issues fixed in versions that ther name contains 'alpha':

fixVersion IN versionMatches(".*alpha.*")

• Find issues affected by versions that ther name starts with 'SNAPSHOT' i.e. 'v1.1-SNAPSHOT', 'v1.5-NIGHTLY_SNAPSHOT', etc:

affectedVersion IN versionMatches(".*SNAPSHOT")

Real World Use Cases:
· JRASERVER-24152 - JQL - Add wildcard functionality to versions (by John Sloat)