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GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by DouweM »

shandor wrote: post #59

I'm glad there's starting to be a good amount of choice in this realm of tools! I've actually just lately been looking into a new all-in-one package like this for our company. Git hosting, code reviews, issue tracking, wiki, and nice project management features all in one place. My current systems-under-test are Phabricator and Jira. Anyone have an opinion on how GitLab compares to those two?

We compare GitLab with a bunch of other tools on our website: https://about.gitlab.com/comparison/. We don't have a section on Phabricator yet, but if you end up trying both GitLab and Phrabicator, please consider writing down some of your observations!

Like all of our website (and our product, as a matter of fact), we accept merge requests to improve that page: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/sou...

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by DouweM »

nickysielicki wrote: post #56

With both GitHub and gitlab, I wish there was more work in making it easy to create pull requests without having to click around on a website. I'll often check out software, notice something small that I can easily fix, and spend 5 minutes fixing and testing it. But then I have to spend another 5 minutes going on GitHub, forking the repository to my profile, going back into my shell, changing the URL for origin, push…

Depending how small the fix is, you can edit a file in any project right from the GitLab interface, and a fork and merge request will be created automatically in the background! The only thing left to do is to remove the fork after the MR has been accepted.

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by foepys »

kolanos wrote: post #48

Congrats on the release. Haven't tested this version, but have tried recent versions and if there's one thing that I think GitHub still runs circles around GitLab it's accessibility. If you don't believe me, try firing up a screen reader and see which you find easier to navigate with your eyes closed. In some cases you'll run smack into a brick wall with GitLab. So if there's one area where massive improvement is nee…

This is one of the few points I have to criticize as well. GitLab's design is a bit too chaotic for me. It's missing visual dividers in a lot of places, especially in the issue tracker. Also GitHub feels better on horizontally smaller screens.

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by sytse »

kolanos wrote: post #48

Congrats on the release. Haven't tested this version, but have tried recent versions and if there's one thing that I think GitHub still runs circles around GitLab it's accessibility. If you don't believe me, try firing up a screen reader and see which you find easier to navigate with your eyes closed. In some cases you'll run smack into a brick wall with GitLab. So if there's one area where massive improvement is nee…

Thanks. I agree will still have work to do in terms of accessibility to screen readers. Feel free to file an issue, existing issues are on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues?scope=all&sta... And of course code improvements to fix things are also very welcome.

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by DouweM »

skift wrote: post #64

How do we use the mattermost features on gitlab.com ?

Mattermost is not enabled on GitLab.com, in part because it's not prepared for multi-tenancy, and in part because it is shipped with the GitLab package specifically for people who want to have a self-hosted development and collaboration environment. If you're fine with using hosted tools, there are plenty of great hosted chat tools out there!

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by knownothing »

nickysielicki wrote: post #56

With both GitHub and gitlab, I wish there was more work in making it easy to create pull requests without having to click around on a website. I'll often check out software, notice something small that I can easily fix, and spend 5 minutes fixing and testing it. But then I have to spend another 5 minutes going on GitHub, forking the repository to my profile, going back into my shell, changing the URL for origin, push…

You can use GitHub's web UI to do all of that.

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by nzp »

atsaloli wrote: post #57
nzp wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think GH gives off this impression because the UI looks like it has more stuff going on at the same time. It's probably an illusion caused by GH's design having more contrast between elements. GL is trying to look minimalistic like a clean sheet of paper. But that's kind of my issue with GL's interface: the contrast between elements is so low that it really looks like a blank sheet of white paper. But it's not pape…

I find GL's UI easier and actually pleasant to use because it is less "busy" visually.

Yeah, I think conceptually there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the contrast is too low for me.

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by fsiefken »

kolanos wrote: post #48

Congrats on the release. Haven't tested this version, but have tried recent versions and if there's one thing that I think GitHub still runs circles around GitLab it's accessibility. If you don't believe me, try firing up a screen reader and see which you find easier to navigate with your eyes closed. In some cases you'll run smack into a brick wall with GitLab. So if there's one area where massive improvement is nee…

Hi Kolanos, I count 6 GitLab command line interfaces of a different type. They might not provide all the features, but perhaps it provides a solution for visually challenged users. https://about.gitlab.com/applications/

Re: GitLab 8.11 Released with Issue Boards and Merge Conflict Resolution

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Post by sytse »

alexwebb2 wrote: post #19
jobvandervoort wrote: post #2

We're super proud of this release. As always, we're here for any questions or comments.

The issue boards are a big deal, so congrats on getting that out! I've said this before, but one huge thing you guys could do that would draw in a lot of companies to Gitlab EE is if you supported custom issue fields [1][2] with various field types. That feels like a pretty logical place to go from here, so I hope you guys are strongly considering it. [1] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/8988 [2] https:…

Thanks! Let's continue the conversation about custom issues in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/8988#note_141...
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