Merge Request approvals in GitLab CE

Question

We would like to use Merge Request approvals similar to how it works in Stash where one person creates a PR and can assign multiple reviewers who can approve or decline. PR can be merged only when N reviewers approved (configurable per repository).

It seems that this feature is offered only in GitLab EE, is that right? Is there any free or cheap alternative to migrating from CE to EE?

Perhaps a custom GitLab fork or an addon/plugin?

Answer 1

That is currently not possible. And I do not know of any plugin to implement it.

You can upvote with a "thumbs up" reaction (and subscribe to) the already existing issue and discussion on that matter:

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/42096

Answer 2

As far as I know you can't migrate from CE to EE, as CE is free and EE isn't.

But what you can do is:

1. Use GitLab.com, from which you'll have all EE features available for free;

2. I never tried CE before, but you'll probably find these features there:

   • Add users to the project and give them different access levels. To the levels you can define which are allowed merging or not;
   • Assign merge requests for specific users, so that only the assignee is allowed to merge;
   • Open issues before adding a MR related to that issue, so people can discuss the outlines on the issue before adding a MR. When you add an issue number to a committed message, that issue will be automatically closed when merging.

I'm not sure this is the answer you're looking for, but I hope it helps.