Creating a branch from issue in GitLab

Question

I've just started using GitLab, and have created a set of issues, in order to keep an overview of what needs to be done for my application. I was wondering if it was possible to create a branch from these issues, such that the branch and issues are linked, similar as in jira and Stash from atlassian?

Answer 1

If you create a branch with the name <issue-number>-issue-description and push that branch to gitlab, it will automatically be linked to that issue. For instance, if you have an issue with id 654 and you create a branch with name 654-some-feature and push it to gitlab, it will be linked to issue 654.

Gitlab will even ask you if you want to create a merge request and will automatically add Closes #654 to the merge request description which will close issue 654 when the merge request is accepted.

Also if you go to a given issue page on gitlab, you should see a New Branch button which will automatically create a branch with a name of the form <issue-number>-issue-description.

Answer 2

On the Issue screen, you see a green button labeled "Create merge request", with a down-arrow to its right.

That's not a button, that's a drop down list of buttons.

• Click on the down arrow
• Choose "Create branch"
• Click on "Create branch"
• A branch is created from the issue number, plus the title of the branch
  • For example, my issue #2, with title "Test repoSearch with no repos" will have a branch called:
  • 2-test-reposearch-with-no-repos
  • Notice that it changes case to all-lower-case