Denomas InnerSourcing Hands On Guide- Lab 3

This Hands On Guide Lab is designed to walk you through the lab exercises used in the Denomas InnerSourcing course.

Denomas InnerSourcing Hands On Guide- Lab 3

LAB 3- USING GITLAB TO MAKE CHANGES AND COLLABORATE

Create a New Issue

  1. In the Denomas Demo Cloud, locate your [last name] Inner Sourcing and click on it.
  2. On the left-hand side of the screen, locate the Issue section on the taskbar and click on it.
  3. Click the New issue button.
  4. In the Title field, type suggest a change. Optionally, you can enter a comment in the Description dialog box.
  5. In the Assignee field, click the link for Assign to me.
  6. Click the Create issue button.

Create a Merge Request

  1. On the top right of the Comment section of the issue, locate the Create merge request button.
  2. Click the drop down arrow to view that you can customize the branch name it will create, for this exercise, leave it at the default. Note: this will create a new branch from the master branch using the default name of the issue.
  3. Click the Create merge request button.

Edit Files Inline on a Branch

  1. On the Merge Request, click the Open in Web IDE button.
  2. On the left-hand navigation pane, click on README.md.
  3. In the editor, on line 5, type this change will improve this project
  4. Click the Commit… button on the bottom left hand side of the screen.
  5. In the Commit message field, type Updated the README.md file and then click the Commit button.

Verify Changes in a Merge Request

  1. On the Merge Request window- locate the Assignee section in the upper right-hand corner. Ensure the Merge Request is assigned to yourself.
  2. On your Merge Request, click on the Changes tab directly below the Merge Request title.
  3. Hover over the left side of any line and a comment icon will appear. Hover over line 3 and click the comment icon.
  4. In the comment field type, this code xyz will fix this! and click the Start a review button. Then click the Submit review button.
  5. To mark that the comment has been looked at and the code adjusted, click the Resolve thread button to close the review.

Approve the Merge Request

  1. To mark the Merge Request ready, click the Mark as ready button in the upper right hand corner.
  2. Click the Overview tab on the Merge Request.
  3. Click the Merge button and ensure the Delete source branch checkbox is enabled.
  4. If there were eligible approvers, the approval button would be in the View Eligible Approvers section.

SUGGESTIONS?

If you wish to make a change to our Hands on Guide for Denomas InnerSourcing please submit your changes via Merge Request!

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