Auto MR approval and Merge

[ramakrishnachanchali]

Using the Updatecli GitLab action, I can successfully create a merge request. By default, Updatecli expects the MR to be merged automatically, but in most production environments manual approval is required. Because of this, Updatecli fails once the MR is created but not merged.

I attempted to add shell-based and http actions to trigger the GitLab API manually, but Updatecli does not allow shell or http actions under the actions section.

Is there a recommended workaround or alternative strategy to handle MR approval requirements when using Updatecli?

[olblak]

Using the Updatecli GitLab action, I can successfully create a merge request. By default, Updatecli expects the MR to be merged automatically, but in most production environments manual approval is required. Because of this, Updatecli fails once the MR is created but not merged.

I am not sure to understand and I would need to do some testing because Updatecli can open merge request automatically but it doesn't support auto merge as requested in #6083
But you can still manually review merge request and then merge them from a GitLab interface

[ramakrishnachanchali]

I agree with you that we can manually review the MR, approve it, and then merge. However, the key benefit of automation and CI/CD integration would be lost with this manual intervention.

[olblak]

Thanks for the context, then I would just wait for #6083
You are not the only person asking for it lately, and it's easy enough that I should be able to implement in the coming weeks

[olblak]

@ramakrishnachanchali I just released the version v0.111.0 that contains support for GitLab auto-merge, feel free to give a try and share feedback