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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: ``` |