The main GitLab repository (assuming it’s called ‘origin’) automatically maintains references to the head of the pull requests and their merge commits with the target branch:
refs/merge-requests/<MR-NUMBER>/head
refs/merge-requests/<MR-NUMBER>/merge
So instead of looking up the owner and the branch name for merge request 1234,
you could simply do
git fetch origin refs/merge-requests/1234/head
git checkout -b mr-1234
You could even automate the fetch of mr branches by adding a second fetch rule
to your configuration:
[remote "origin"]
url = https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/gh-*
With that, everything simplifies to
git fetch origin
git checkout mr-1234
Regards,
Matthias
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Subject: [Wireshark-dev] Testing Someone Else's Merge Request
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/wikis/Development/SubmittingPatches#testing-someone-elses-merge-request
"If you would like to test someone else's merge request or personal repository
branch you can do the following:
# Fetch their branch to a local branch named FETCH_HEAD.
git fetch https://gitlab.com/some-other-user/wireshark.git their-branch-name
# Create a branch from FETCH_HEAD with a more useful name.
git checkout -b other-user-branch-name FETCH_HEAD"
Then a full cmake and msbuild.
Is there a better way to try out a commit before it's merged?
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