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diff --git a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md index d2ec56e6504..91fcfb02d39 100644 --- a/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md +++ b/doc/workflow/merge_requests.md @@ -15,6 +15,25 @@ 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 $1 merge-requests/$2/head:mr-$1-$2 && git checkout mr-$1-$2' - +``` + +Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository and any remote, e.g. to check out a merge request number 5 as shown in GitLab from the `upstream` remote, do: + +``` +$ git mr upstream 5 +``` + +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 + Locate the section for your GitLab remote in the `.git/config` file. It looks like this: ``` |