Top ten GitLab hacks for all stages of the DevOps Platform
It's been ten years since the first commit to GitLab, so we sharing our ten favorite GitLab hacks to help you get the most out of our DevOps Platform. These are tips for all stages of the development lifecycle, so roll up your sleeves and let's get started.
You might have adopted keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation and workflows already - if not, checkout the GitLab documentation for platform specific shortcuts. The knowledge of pressing r to land in the reply to comment in text form can be combined other quick actions including:
Quick actions are also helpful if you have to manage many issues, merge requests and epics at the same time. There are specific actions which allow you to duplicate existing issues, as one example.
Don’t fall into the trap of back-and-forth with empty issue descriptions that leave out details your development teams need to reproduce the error in the best way possible.
GitLab provides the possibility to use so-called description templates in issues and merge requests. Next to providing a structured template with headings, you can also add task lists which can later be ticked off by the assignee. Basically everything is possible and is supported in GitLab-flavored markdown and HTML.
