Note that pushing to GitLab requires write access to this repository.
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You can also checkout merge requests locally by
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Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository and any remote, e.g. to check out a merge request number 5 as shown in GitLab from the `upstream` remote, do:
Now you can check out a particular merge request from any repository and any
remote. For example, to check out the merge request with ID 5 as shown in GitLab
from the `upstream` remote, do:
```
$ git mr upstream 5
git mr upstream 5
```
This will fetch the merge request into a local `mr-upstream-5` branch and check it out.
This will fetch the merge request into a local `mr-upstream-5` branch and check
it out.
### By modifying `.git/config` for a given repository
#### Checkout locally by modifying `.git/config` for a given repository
Locate the section for your GitLab remote in the `.git/config` file. It looks like this:
Locate the section for your GitLab remote in the `.git/config` file. It looks
like this:
```
[remote "origin"]
...
...
@@ -32,9 +124,19 @@ Locate the section for your GitLab remote in the `.git/config` file. It looks li
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
```
Now add the line `fetch = +refs/merge-requests/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/merge-requests/*` to this section.