From a7bd1c23dd03f00d10b0ff4db655690283e2f88a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ond=C5=99ej=20=C4=8Cert=C3=ADk?= Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:05:34 -0600 Subject: Modify the alias to allow specifying a remote Now the alias should be used as: git mr upstream 5 To check out a MR number 5 from the upstream remote, into a `mr-upstream-5` local branch. Also clarify that the `5` in the merge request is the number shown in GitLab. --- doc/workflow/merge_requests.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/workflow/merge_requests.md') diff --git a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md index adee26f0fe9..91fcfb02d39 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md +++ b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md @@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ Add the following alias to your `~/.gitconfig`: ``` [alias] - mr = !sh -c 'git fetch origin merge-requests/$1/head:mr-$1 && git checkout mr-$1' - + mr = !sh -c 'git fetch $1 merge-requests/$2/head:mr-$1-$2 && git checkout mr-$1-$2' - ``` -Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository (it will use the `origin` remote) by: +Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository and any remote, e.g. to check out a merge request number 5 as shown in GitLab from the `upstream` remote, do: ``` -$ git mr 5 +$ git mr upstream 5 ``` -This will fetch the merge request into a local `mr-5` branch and check it out. +This will fetch the merge request into a local `mr-upstream-5` branch and check it out. ### By modifying `.git/config` for a given repository -- cgit v1.2.1