Add endpoint POST /projects/:id/repository/merge

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Release notes

So far no Gitlab API endpoint for merging two branches is available. Adding such an endpoint can help to speed up automatic processes when merging (feature-)branches.

Problem to solve

Make it possible to merge two branches with the Gitlab API

Proposal

Create an additional endpoint

POST /projects/:id/repository/merge

similar to:

• POST /projects/:id/repository/commits but adding attributes from:str to specify branch/ref to merge from, strategy:Literal["theirs","ours"] for the merge strategy and dry_run:Optional[bool] to test if a merge is possible or
• POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/cherry_pick

Intended users

Developers, DevOps

All users/processes, using the Gitlab API to operate on git repositories.

With the API endpoints commits, branchs, and cherry_pick there are very powerful ways to automate processes between branches. The additional endpoint would

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