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Can I recover a GitLab merge request for a deleted branch?
While doing some branch maintenance today, I lost a MR and the associated discussion. Not a tragedy but I'd like to get it back if possible. I found an open GitLab enhancement request to undo branch delete but that doesn't quite seem to be what I want. Here's what happened:
Branch A was pushed to our local installation of GitLab, an MR created, and some discussion ensued. We realized that A was a good start but we needed some significant refactoring. We hoped to keep the branch name for the work we'd ultimately merge/ship so we:
- Created A-prime on the local system and pushed it to GitLab
- Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch. But when we deleted A, the MR was no longer accessible.
- Recreated A at the same commit as it had been and pushed it to GitLab hoping the MR was hanging out and would get reassociated.
Clearly our mental model of GitLab is wrong. It seems that a post-commit hook or something deletes MRs as a branch is deleted. My question now is: can I get the deleted MR and its discussion back?
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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While doing some branch maintenance today, I lost a MR and the associated discussion. Not a tragedy but I'd like to get it back if possible. I found an open GitLab enhancement request to undo branch delete but that doesn't quite seem to be what I want. Here's what happened:
Branch A was pushed to our local installation of GitLab, an MR created, and some discussion ensued. We realized that A was a good start but we needed some significant refactoring. We hoped to keep the branch name for the work we'd ultimately merge/ship so we:
- Created A-prime on the local system and pushed it to GitLab
- Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch. But when we deleted A, the MR was no longer accessible.
- Recreated A at the same commit as it had been and pushed it to GitLab hoping the MR was hanging out and would get reassociated.
Clearly our mental model of GitLab is wrong. It seems that a post-commit hook or something deletes MRs as a branch is deleted. My question now is: can I get the deleted MR and its discussion back?
gitlab
asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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While doing some branch maintenance today, I lost a MR and the associated discussion. Not a tragedy but I'd like to get it back if possible. I found an open GitLab enhancement request to undo branch delete but that doesn't quite seem to be what I want. Here's what happened:
Branch A was pushed to our local installation of GitLab, an MR created, and some discussion ensued. We realized that A was a good start but we needed some significant refactoring. We hoped to keep the branch name for the work we'd ultimately merge/ship so we:
- Created A-prime on the local system and pushed it to GitLab
- Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch. But when we deleted A, the MR was no longer accessible.
- Recreated A at the same commit as it had been and pushed it to GitLab hoping the MR was hanging out and would get reassociated.
Clearly our mental model of GitLab is wrong. It seems that a post-commit hook or something deletes MRs as a branch is deleted. My question now is: can I get the deleted MR and its discussion back?
gitlab
asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
1,45242539
While doing some branch maintenance today, I lost a MR and the associated discussion. Not a tragedy but I'd like to get it back if possible. I found an open GitLab enhancement request to undo branch delete but that doesn't quite seem to be what I want. Here's what happened:
Branch A was pushed to our local installation of GitLab, an MR created, and some discussion ensued. We realized that A was a good start but we needed some significant refactoring. We hoped to keep the branch name for the work we'd ultimately merge/ship so we:
- Created A-prime on the local system and pushed it to GitLab
- Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch. But when we deleted A, the MR was no longer accessible.
- Recreated A at the same commit as it had been and pushed it to GitLab hoping the MR was hanging out and would get reassociated.
Clearly our mental model of GitLab is wrong. It seems that a post-commit hook or something deletes MRs as a branch is deleted. My question now is: can I get the deleted MR and its discussion back?
gitlab
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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edited Nov 21 '18 at 13:20
Chris Nelson
asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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asked Nov 20 '18 at 22:06
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I apologize for wasting the communities time. I'm a GitLab newbie and was stumbling around. I didn't stumble far enough. Today we discovered that you can get to the original MR if you have the URL. When you get there, it's Closed, as you'd expect, I suppose. If you go back to the project level and navigate to MRs, then pick the Closed tab, it's there. It likely was there all along but in our panic and newbiness, we didn't find it.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
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Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch.
That is not indeed how a MR is managed.
I prefer creating a new MR, with as a first comment a link to the previous one, and a summary of the state of the discussion.
However, it does not seem to be possible to rename the branch associated with the MR (issue 32952): this is part of a larger discussion at GitLab, still in progress.
In the meantime, try and contact GitLab support to ask them to restore your old branch (and hopefully its MR)
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
VonCVonC
838k29426513191
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If Igit rma file, I can check it back out. If Igit branch -Da branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.
– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
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I apologize for wasting the communities time. I'm a GitLab newbie and was stumbling around. I didn't stumble far enough. Today we discovered that you can get to the original MR if you have the URL. When you get there, it's Closed, as you'd expect, I suppose. If you go back to the project level and navigate to MRs, then pick the Closed tab, it's there. It likely was there all along but in our panic and newbiness, we didn't find it.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
I apologize for wasting the communities time. I'm a GitLab newbie and was stumbling around. I didn't stumble far enough. Today we discovered that you can get to the original MR if you have the URL. When you get there, it's Closed, as you'd expect, I suppose. If you go back to the project level and navigate to MRs, then pick the Closed tab, it's there. It likely was there all along but in our panic and newbiness, we didn't find it.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
1,45242539
Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
add a comment |
I apologize for wasting the communities time. I'm a GitLab newbie and was stumbling around. I didn't stumble far enough. Today we discovered that you can get to the original MR if you have the URL. When you get there, it's Closed, as you'd expect, I suppose. If you go back to the project level and navigate to MRs, then pick the Closed tab, it's there. It likely was there all along but in our panic and newbiness, we didn't find it.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
1,45242539
I apologize for wasting the communities time. I'm a GitLab newbie and was stumbling around. I didn't stumble far enough. Today we discovered that you can get to the original MR if you have the URL. When you get there, it's Closed, as you'd expect, I suppose. If you go back to the project level and navigate to MRs, then pick the Closed tab, it's there. It likely was there all along but in our panic and newbiness, we didn't find it.
answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 13:36
Chris NelsonChris Nelson
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Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
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Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
Well spotted, +1.
– VonC
Nov 21 '18 at 14:06
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Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch.
That is not indeed how a MR is managed.
I prefer creating a new MR, with as a first comment a link to the previous one, and a summary of the state of the discussion.
However, it does not seem to be possible to rename the branch associated with the MR (issue 32952): this is part of a larger discussion at GitLab, still in progress.
In the meantime, try and contact GitLab support to ask them to restore your old branch (and hopefully its MR)
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
VonCVonC
838k29426513191
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If Igit rma file, I can check it back out. If Igit branch -Da branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.
– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
add a comment |
Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch.
That is not indeed how a MR is managed.
I prefer creating a new MR, with as a first comment a link to the previous one, and a summary of the state of the discussion.
However, it does not seem to be possible to rename the branch associated with the MR (issue 32952): this is part of a larger discussion at GitLab, still in progress.
In the meantime, try and contact GitLab support to ask them to restore your old branch (and hopefully its MR)
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
VonCVonC
838k29426513191
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If Igit rma file, I can check it back out. If Igit branch -Da branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.
– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
add a comment |
Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch.
That is not indeed how a MR is managed.
I prefer creating a new MR, with as a first comment a link to the previous one, and a summary of the state of the discussion.
However, it does not seem to be possible to rename the branch associated with the MR (issue 32952): this is part of a larger discussion at GitLab, still in progress.
In the meantime, try and contact GitLab support to ask them to restore your old branch (and hopefully its MR)
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
VonCVonC
838k29426513191
Deleted A, hoping that the MR would be associated with the commits, not the branch.
That is not indeed how a MR is managed.
I prefer creating a new MR, with as a first comment a link to the previous one, and a summary of the state of the discussion.
However, it does not seem to be possible to rename the branch associated with the MR (issue 32952): this is part of a larger discussion at GitLab, still in progress.
In the meantime, try and contact GitLab support to ask them to restore your old branch (and hopefully its MR)
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
VonCVonC
838k29426513191
answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
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answered Nov 21 '18 at 5:59
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838k29426513191
838k29426513191
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If Igit rma file, I can check it back out. If Igit branch -Da branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.
– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
add a comment |
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If Igit rma file, I can check it back out. If Igit branch -Da branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.
– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If I
git rm a file, I can check it back out. If I git branch -D a branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
Thanks. I'm new to GitLab and no doubt made an error. OTOH, you'd hope GitLab would follow Git precedent of soft deletes. If I
git rm a file, I can check it back out. If I git branch -D a branch, I can recreate it until the "database" has been cleaned up. In any case, we run GitLab locally so I need to know a file or table to look in to undelete my MR. Asking support won't help. I'll edit the question to make that clear.– Chris Nelson
Nov 21 '18 at 13:19
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