Commit 50249cac authored by Craig Norris's avatar Craig Norris

Merge branch '332007-aqualls-fix-screenshot' into 'master'

Update allow-collaboration page, minor cleanup

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!63091
parents c61c9c90 b57e141e
...@@ -24,19 +24,17 @@ of the merge request. ...@@ -24,19 +24,17 @@ of the merge request.
## Enabling commit edits from upstream members ## Enabling commit edits from upstream members
In [GitLab 13.7 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23308), In [GitLab 13.7 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23308),
this setting is enabled by default. It can be changed by users with Developer this setting is enabled by default. It can be changed by users with the
permissions to the source project. Once enabled, upstream members can Developer [role](../../permissions.md) for the source project. After it's enabled,
retry the pipelines and jobs of the merge request: upstream members can retry the pipelines and jobs of the merge request:
1. While creating or editing a merge request, select the checkbox **Allow 1. While creating or editing a merge request, scroll to **Contribution** and
commits from members who can merge to the target branch**. then select the **Allow commits from members who can merge to the target branch**.
checkbox.
1. Finish creating your merge request.
![Enable contribution](img/allow_collaboration.png) After you create the merge request, the merge request widget displays a message:
**Members who can merge are allowed to add commits.**
1. Once the merge request is created, you can see that commits from members who
can merge to the target branch are allowed.
![Check that contribution is enabled](img/allow_collaboration_after_save.png)
## Pushing to the fork as the upstream member ## Pushing to the fork as the upstream member
...@@ -48,41 +46,39 @@ Assuming that: ...@@ -48,41 +46,39 @@ Assuming that:
- The forked project URL is `git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git`. - The forked project URL is `git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git`.
- The branch of the merge request is `update-docs`. - The branch of the merge request is `update-docs`.
Here's how the process would look like: To find and work with the changes from the fork:
1. First, you need to get the changes that the merge request has introduced.
Click the **Check out branch** button that has some pre-populated
commands that you can run.
![Check out branch button](img/checkout_button.png)
1. Use the copy button to copy the first command and paste them 1. Open the merge request page, and select the **Overview** tab.
in your terminal: 1. Scroll to the merge request widget, and select **Check out branch**:
![Check out branch button](img/commit-button_v13_12.png)
1. In the modal window, select **{copy-to-clipboard}** (**Copy**) for step 1
to copy the `git fetch` and `git checkout` instructions to your clipboard.
Paste the commands (which look like this example) into your terminal:
```shell ```shell
git fetch git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git update-docs git fetch git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git update-docs
git checkout -b thedude-awesome-project-update-docs FETCH_HEAD git checkout -b thedude-awesome-project-update-docs FETCH_HEAD
``` ```
This fetches the branch of the forked project and then create a local branch These commands fetch the branch from the forked project, and create a local branch
based off the fetched branch. based off the fetched branch.
1. Make any changes you want and commit. 1. Make your changes to the local copy of the branch, and then commit them.
1. Push to the forked project: 1. In your terminal, push your local changes back up to the forked project. This
command pushes the local branch `thedude-awesome-project-update-docs` to the
`update-docs` branch of the `git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git` repository:
```shell ```shell
git push git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git thedude-awesome-project-update-docs:update-docs git push git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git thedude-awesome-project-update-docs:update-docs
``` ```
Note the colon (`:`) between the two branches. The above command pushes the Note the colon (`:`) between the two branches.
local branch `thedude-awesome-project-update-docs` to the
`update-docs` branch of the `git@gitlab.com:thedude/awesome-project.git` repository.
## Troubleshooting ## Troubleshooting
### Pipeline status unavailable from MR page of forked project ### Pipeline status unavailable from MR page of forked project
When a user forks a project, the permissions on the forked copy are not copied over When a user forks a project, the permissions of the forked copy are not copied
from the original project. The creator of the fork must grant permissions to the from the original project. The creator of the fork must grant permissions to the
forked copy before members in the upstream project can view or merge the changes forked copy before members in the upstream project can view or merge the changes
in the merge request. in the merge request.
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