Add create MR to work item branch
What does this MR do and why?
When work items have related branches, and user can author MRs, show an action to create an MR for that branch. This is one simple route to providing support for creating MRs for existing branches from a work item, in addition to existing support for creating MRs with new branches.
References
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- Contributes to #519655 (closed)
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How to set up and validate locally
Numbered steps to set up and validate the change are strongly suggested.
- Open a task in a project with a repo
- Create a branch from the task (dropdown in Create Merge Request)
- Refresh the page to see the branch
- Open the branch actions menu and select "Create merge request"
- Finish creating the MR and return to the task, you should no longer see a branch and instead see the MR
Related to #519655 (closed)