Re: How to do add-on merge requests and get a pipeline to run?

Colin Campbell <[email protected]> writes:

> Noob and probably missing something, but is there a way to set up a
> "depends" mechanism, similar to the "closes" tag in the MR heading?
> That would seem efficient, and would mean I'm unlikely to advance a
> dependant MR prematurely.

The branch into which the MR wants to be merged is listed at its top.
If it is not main or stable/... but rather dev/..., it is a dependent
branch.  It is also listed as "2 of 2" of a "merge request stack".  You
only want to promote the 1st merge of a merge request stack to
countdown.

Does this help as first rationale?  There may be some finetuning later
in case we have visual checks and/or other outcomes of discussions, but
right now I think that those criteria are fine.  In particularly since
once the "parent" branch is merged, GitLab will reorient and reevaluate
the dependent branch on its own if I understand correctly, making it
look normal.

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David Kastrup