Create merge request to target branch automatically

Jul 22, 2024/

#git

/-1 min

If you hate opening MR from the Gitlab interface after pushing the branch like I do, the following code fragment will do the trick.

1git push \
2  -o merge_request.create \
3  -o merge_request.remove_source_branch \
4  -o merge_request.merge_when_pipeline_succeeds \
5  -o merge_request.target=master \
6  -o merge_request.assign=$(git config user.email | cut -d “@” -f 1) \
7  -o merge_request.title="${TITLE}”

You can then assign an alias to this script to simplify its use.

1alias gpm='git_push_to_master'
2git_push_to_master ()
3{
4  git push --no-verify \
5    -o merge_request.create \
6    -o merge_request.target=master \
7    -o merge_request.assign=$(git config user.email | cut -d “@” -f 1) \
8    -o merge_request.title="$1”
9}

Put the above code in

~/.zshrc

and run

source ~/.zshrc

You can now use it as follows.

1gpm “Test MR Title”