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+stage: Create
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+info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers
type: index, reference
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# Merge requests
-Merge requests allow you to visualize and collaborate on the proposed changes
-to source code that exist as commits on a given Git branch.
+A Merge Request (**MR**) is a _request_ to _merge_ one branch into another.
-![Merge request view](img/merge_request.png)
-
-A Merge Request (**MR**) is the basis of GitLab as a code collaboration and version
-control platform. It's exactly as the name implies: a _request_ to _merge_ one
-branch into another.
+Use merge requests to visualize and collaborate on proposed changes
+to source code.
## Use cases