MR Automator

MR Automator helps you speed up your GitLab workflow by automatically generating Merge Request links based on your branch name conventions.

Designed for workflows where feature branches follow a strict naming pattern (e.g., KHA-[feature]-dev).

Features

• One-Click MR Creation: Automatically opens two browser tabs with pre-filled Merge Request pages.
  1. Current Branch → Development Branch (e.g., feature → dev)
  2. Development Branch → Staging/Review Environment (e.g., dev → staging)
• Branch Name Parsing: Extracts the feature ID/Name from your current branch using Regex.
• Configurable: Customize the GitLab URL and the Regex pattern to fit your team's convention.

Usage

1. Checkout your feature branch (e.g., KHA-LoginFix-dev).
2. Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P).
3. Run command: MR Automator: Open Merge Requests.
4. The extension will open your default browser with the MR creation pages.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• mrAutomator.gitlabUrl: The base URL of your GitLab instance (default: https://gitlab.com).
• mrAutomator.nameRegex: The Regex used to extract the feature name. Must contain one capture group ().
  • Default: KHA-(.+?)-dev matching branches like KHA-MyFeature-dev.

Requirements

• A project with a git repository.
• GitLab as the remote (or a compatible remote URL).

Known Issues

• If your branch does not match the configured Regex, the command will show an error.

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of MR Automator.