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| author | Ondřej Čertík <ondrej.certik@gmail.com> | 2016-08-22 19:57:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Ondřej Čertík <ondrej.certik@gmail.com> | 2016-08-22 19:57:43 +0000 |
| commit | eff3c35410e97d4238ef93816e5164884c8b1369 (patch) | |
| tree | ab9d95a045ed8d4559b49c6616edd5f8d9f5928a | |
| parent | f41098adef6292020dae0b0134aa91820700f64f (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-eff3c35410e97d4238ef93816e5164884c8b1369.tar.gz | |
Update merge_requests.md with a simpler way to check out a merge request
The previous way was put under the
"By modifying `.git/config` for a given repository" section. The
disadvantage is that one has to modify `.git/config` for each repository
that one uses. The new way was put under the "By adding a git alias"
section. One has to create this git alias once, and then it will work
from any repository, without having to modify `.git/config` over and
over again.
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diff --git a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md index d2ec56e6504..12ffa916a8f 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md +++ b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md @@ -15,6 +15,21 @@ Please note that you need to have builds configured to enable this feature. ## Checkout merge requests locally +### By adding a git alias + +Add the following alias to your `~/.gitconfig`: +``` +[alias] + mr = !sh -c 'git fetch origin merge-requests/$1/head:mr-$1 && git checkout mr-$1' - +``` +Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository (it will use the `origin` remote) by: +``` +$ git mr 5 +``` +This will fetch the merge request into a local `mr-5` branch and check it out. + +### By modifying `.git/config` for a given repository + Locate the section for your GitLab remote in the `.git/config` file. It looks like this: ``` |