Create merge request to target branch automatically

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

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

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

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

Put the above code in ~/.zshrc and run source ~/.zshrc.

You can now use it as follows.

gpm “Test MR Title”