Marge has been stabilised

Wed Feb 13 16:06:29 UTC 2019

Yes you have to literally edit the string.

I know this is very confusing but many things about gitlab can't be
explained with normal logic.

Cheers,

Matt

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:03 PM Simon Peyton Jones
<simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> |  As far as I can work out the WIP field is a part of the semantic model
> |  but the only way it displays on the UI is in the title.
>
> If you want to change the status using the UI (not via a "quick action") do you literally edit the title?  That is, the semantics is driven from the title string itself?  Or do you do something else in the UI?
>
> S
>
> |  -----Original Message-----
> |  From: Matthew Pickering <matthewtpickering at gmail.com>
> |  Sent: 13 February 2019 10:10
> |  To: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
> |  Cc: Richard Eisenberg <rae at cs.brynmawr.edu>; GHC developers <ghc-
> |  devs at haskell.org>
> |  Subject: Re: Marge has been stabilised
> |
> |  As far as I can work out the WIP field is a part of the semantic model
> |  but the only way it displays on the UI is in the title.
> |
> |  Two other facets of the WIP state are:
> |
> |  1. WIP MRs can't be merged via the UI. (Marge also honours this) 2. The
> |  list of MRs can be filtered by the WIP status (which is that I use it
> |  for).
> |
> |  https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.gi
> |  tlab.com%2Fee%2Fuser%2Fproject%2Fmerge_requests%2Fwork_in_progress_merge_
> |  requests.html&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C9936c5095e3147
> |  63f30008d6919b61a2%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636856493
> |  881824887&sdata=ii1%2FHl0V94%2F8BssWQr%2F43dSOALvm0QFw7VIGeoFIar0%3D&
> |  amp;reserved=0
> |
> |  Your page is very helpful Simon. If you have any more questions then I'll
> |  try to answer.
> |
> |  Cheers,
> |
> |  Matt
> |
> |  On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:38 AM Simon Peyton Jones
> |  <simonpj at microsoft.com> wrote:
> |  >
> |  > Interesting.  That page says (my emphasis)
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > Quick actions are textual shortcuts for common actions on issues,
> |  epics, merge requests, and commits that are usually done by clicking
> |  buttons or dropdowns in GitLab’s UI. You can enter these commands while
> |  creating a new issue or merge request, or in comments of issues, epics,
> |  merge requests, and commits. Each command should be on a separate line in
> |  order to be properly detected and executed. Once executed, the commands
> |  are removed from the text body and not visible to anyone else.
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > So this may be a useful shortcut, but it’s optional.
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > So that means that this “WIP” thing is part of GitLab’s semantic
> |  > model.  The table says
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > /wip: Toggle the Work In Progress status
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > So it seems that
> |  >
> |  > Each MR has a WIP status
> |  > There is some way in the UI to toggle it
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > Do you know what are the semantics of “WIP status”?  It’s not just the
> |  title!
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > I assume it is /not/ “WIP MRs aren’t merged” because no MR is merged
> |  until there are enough approvals /and/ the author clicks “please merge”.
> |  Correct?
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > Sorry to be dim.  I’m a bit slow to catch up with GitLab.
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > I have a “Simon’s GitLab page” here
> |  > https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fghc.
> |  > haskell.org%2Ftrac%2Fghc%2Fwiki%2FWorkingConventions%2FGitLabSPJ&d
> |  > ata=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C9936c5095e314763f30008d6919b61
> |  > a2%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636856493881824887&amp
> |  > ;sdata=0%2BFu2xOOc1SqVx4mwmmEf7pGX3CUfENIvjFf7MPINhs%3D&reserved=0
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > I use it to add notes on things I’ve learned.
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > Simon
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > | -----Original Message-----
> |  >
> |  > | From: ghc-devs <ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org> On Behalf Of Matthew
> |  >
> |  > | Pickering
> |  >
> |  > | Sent: 12 February 2019 16:29
> |  >
> |  > | To: Richard Eisenberg <rae at cs.brynmawr.edu>
> |  >
> |  > | Cc: GHC developers <ghc-devs at haskell.org>
> |  >
> |  > | Subject: Re: Marge has been stabilised
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | Yes there are two others I use frequently.
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | /approve - Approves a Merge request
> |  >
> |  > | /assign - Assign a user
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | and I imagine I will use /label and /relabel frequently when we have
> |  >
> |  > | labels.
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | It's also useful to know that the ! autocomplete for merge requests
> |  >
> |  > | can be filtered by name of MR. The user autocomplete @ can also be
> |  >
> |  > | filtered by a user's real name.
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | There is a full list here:
> |  >
> |  > | https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdo
> |  > | cs.gitl
> |  >
> |  > | ab.com%2Fee%2Fuser%2Fproject%2Fquick_actions.html&data=02%7C01%7
> |  > | Csimonp
> |  >
> |  > | j%40microsoft.com%7Cb91996c8302240d8c75c08d691074201%7C72f988bf86f14
> |  > | 1af91ab
> |  >
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> |  >
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> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | Cheers,
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | Matt
> |  >
> |  > |
> |  >
> |  > | On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:23 PM Richard Eisenberg
> |  > | <rae at cs.brynmawr.edu>
> |  >
> |  > | wrote:
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | > On Feb 12, 2019, at 10:51 AM, Matthew Pickering
> |  >
> |  > | <matthewtpickering at gmail.com> wrote:
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | > This can be quickly toggled on/off by typing the /wip quick
> |  > | > command in
> |  >
> |  > | > a comment.
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | > This is an interesting aside. I understand this to mean: If I make
> |  > | > a
> |  >
> |  > | comment (the same place that I would write a comment for humans)
> |  > | that
> |  >
> |  > | consists solely of "/wip", then instead of posting anything to
> |  > | humans, the
> |  >
> |  > | title of my MR changes, either adding "WIP: " or deleting that from
> |  > | the
> |  >
> |  > | beginning.
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | > Are there other such pieces of magic? Is there a place they are
> |  listed?
> |  >
> |  > | >
> |  >
> |  > | > Thanks!
> |  >
> |  > | > Richard
> |  >
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