Merge Request Helper

Desktop tool for work with GitLab merge requests

Brief

It is a desktop tool that manages git and GitLab to support merge request review not from GitLab Web UI.

Features

Working with merge requests

• Full MR cycle support: create/edit/accept/close
• Ability to see all MR that are currently in work
• Search among old MR
• Show list of recently reviewed/developed MR

Review

• Beyond Compare 3 support: launching a diff tool and reporting new discussions for selected lines of code with hotkey
• Color display of context diff
• Navigation between related discussion threads when reporting a new discussion from diff tool
• Full list of discussions with search and filters
• Time tracking, including calculation of total time tracked by current user

Customization

• Custom protocol (to open links "mrhelper://gitlab-server/group/project/merge_requests/237")
• Custom actions (for example to send specific comments) (extensible)
• Integration with Git Extensions and Source Tree

Other

• Auto-updates and notifications
• Customizable color schemes
• Links to Jira tasks (extensible for other services)

GitLab API

This application uses GitLabSharp library to work with GitLab API.

Requirements

Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Framework 4.7.2