GitLab quick actions
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Quick actions provide text-based shortcuts for common actions in GitLab. Quick actions:
- Execute common actions without using the user interface.
- Support working with issues, merge requests, epics, and commits.
- Run automatically when you save descriptions or comments.
- Respond to specific contexts and conditions.
- Process multiple commands when entered on separate lines.
For example, you can use quick actions to:
- Assign users.
- Add labels.
- Set due dates.
- Change status.
- Set other attributes.
Each command starts with a forward slash (/) and must be entered on a separate line.
Many quick actions accept parameters, which you can enter with quotation marks (") or specific formatting.
Parameters
Many quick actions require a parameter. For example, the /assign quick action
requires a username. GitLab uses autocomplete characters
with quick actions to help users enter parameters, by providing a list of
available values.
If you manually enter a parameter, it must be enclosed in double quotation marks
("), unless it contains only these characters:
- ASCII letters
- Numbers (0-9)
- Underscore (
_), hyphen (-), question mark (?), dot (.), ampersand (&) or at (@)
Parameters are case-sensitive. Autocomplete handles this, and the insertion of quotation marks, automatically.
Issues, merge requests, and epics
The following quick actions are applicable to descriptions, discussions, and threads. Some quick actions might not be available to all subscription tiers.
| Command | Issue | Merge request | Epic | Action |
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/add_child <item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add <item> as a child item. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or a URL to the item. For issues, you can add tasks and OKRs. The new look for issues must be enabled. For epics, you can add issues, tasks, and OKRs. Multiple work items can be added as child items at the same time. The new look for epics must be enabled.
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/add_contacts [contact:email1@example.com] [contact:email2@example.com]
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add one or more active CRM contacts. |
/add_email email1 email2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add up to six email participants. This action is behind the feature flag issue_email_participants. Not supported in issue templates.
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/approve
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Approve the merge request. |
/assign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assign one or more users. |
/assign me
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assign yourself. |
/assign_reviewer @user1 @user2 or /reviewer @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assign one or more users as reviewers. |
/assign_reviewer me or /reviewer me
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assign yourself as a reviewer. |
/blocked_by <item1> <item2>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark the item as blocked by other items. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or the full URL. (Introduced in GitLab 16.0). For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/blocks <item1> <item2>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark the item as blocking other items. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or the full URL. (Introduced in GitLab 16.0). For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/board_move ~column
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Move issue to column on the board. The project must have only one issue board. |
/cc @user
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mention a user. This command performs no action. You can instead type CC @user or only @user.
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/clear_health_status
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Clear health status. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/clear_weight
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Clear weight. |
/clone <path/to/project> [--with_notes]
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Clone the issue to given project, or the current one if no arguments are given. Copies as much data as possible as long as the target project contains equivalent objects like labels, milestones, or epics. Does not copy comments or system notes unless --with_notes is provided as an argument.
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/close
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Close. |
/confidential
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark issue or epic as confidential. Support for epics introduced in GitLab 15.6. |
/convert_to_ticket <email address>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Convert an issue into a Service Desk ticket. Introduced in GitLab 16.9 |
/copy_metadata <!merge_request>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Copy labels and milestone from another merge request in the project. |
/copy_metadata <#item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Copy labels and milestone from another issue in the project. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/create_merge_request <branch name>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Create a new merge request starting from the current issue. |
/done
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark to-do item as done. |
/draft
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set the draft status. |
/due <date>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set due date. Examples of valid <date> include in 2 days, this Friday and December 31st. See Chronic for more examples. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/duplicate <item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Close this |
/epic <epic> or /set_parent <epic>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add to epic <epic> as a child item. The <epic> value should be in the format of &epic, group&epic, or a URL to an epic. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. Alias /set_parent introduced in GitLab 17.10.
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/estimate <time> or /estimate_time <time>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set time estimate. For example, /estimate 1mo 2w 3d 4h 5m. For more information, see Time tracking. Alias /estimate_time introduced in GitLab 15.6. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/health_status <value>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set health status. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. Valid options for <value> are on_track, needs_attention, and at_risk.
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/iteration *iteration:<iteration ID> or <iteration name>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set iteration. For example, to set the Late in July iteration: /iteration *iteration:"Late in July".
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/iteration [cadence:<iteration cadence ID> or <iteration cadence name>] <--current or --next>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set iteration to the current or next upcoming iteration of the referenced iteration cadence. For example, /iteration [cadence:"Team cadence"] --current sets the iteration to the current iteration of the iteration cadence named “Team cadence”. Introduced in GitLab 16.9.
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/iteration <--current or --next>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set iteration to the current or next upcoming iteration when a group has one iteration cadence. For example, /iteration --current sets the iteration to the current iteration of the iteration cadence. Introduced in GitLab 16.9.
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/label ~label1 ~label2 or /labels ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add one or more labels. Label names can also start without a tilde (~), but mixed syntax is not supported.
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/link
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add a link and description to linked resources in an incident (introduced in GitLab 15.5). |
/lock
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Lock the discussions. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/merge
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Merge changes. Depending on the project setting, this may be when the pipeline succeeds, or adding to a Merge Train. |
/milestone %milestone
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set milestone. |
/move <path/to/project>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Move this issue to another project. Be careful when moving an issue to a project with different access rules. Before moving the issue, make sure it does not contain sensitive data. |
/page <policy name>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Start escalations for the incident. |
/parent_epic <epic>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set parent epic to <epic>. The <epic> value should be in the format of &epic, group&epic, or a URL to an epic. If the new look for epics is enabled, use /set_parent instead.
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/promote_to_incident
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Promote issue to incident. In GitLab 15.8 and later, you can also use the quick action when creating a new issue. |
/promote
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Promote issue to epic. If the new look for issues is enabled, use /promote_to epic instead.
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/publish
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Publish issue to an associated Status Page. |
/react :emoji:
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Toggle an emoji reaction. Renamed from /award in GitLab 16.7. /award is still available as an aliased command.
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/ready
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set the ready status (Introduced in GitLab 15.1). |
/reassign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Replace current assignees with those specified. |
/reassign_reviewer @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Replace current reviewers with those specified. |
/rebase
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Rebase source branch on the latest commit of the target branch. For help, see troubleshooting information. |
/relabel ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Replace current labels with those specified. |
/relate <item1> <item2>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark items as related. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or the full URL. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/remove_child <item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove <item> as child. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or a URL to the item. For issues, the new look for issues must be enabled. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/remove_child_epic <epic>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove child epic from <epic>. The <epic> value should be in the format of &epic, group&epic, or a URL to an epic. If the new look for epics is enabled, use /remove_child instead.
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/remove_contacts [contact:email1@example.com] [contact:email2@example.com]
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove one or more CRM contacts |
/remove_due_date
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove due date. |
/remove_email email1 email2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove up to six email participants. This action is behind the feature flag issue_email_participants. Not supported in issue templates, merge requests, or epics.
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/remove_epic
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove epic as parent item. If the new look for epics is enabled, use /remove_parent instead.
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/remove_estimate or /remove_time_estimate
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove time estimate. Alias /remove_time_estimate introduced in GitLab 15.6. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/remove_iteration
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove iteration. |
/remove_milestone
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove milestone. |
/remove_parent
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove the parent from item. For issues, the new look for issues must be enabled. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/remove_parent_epic
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove parent epic from epic. If the new look for epics is enabled, use /remove_parent instead.
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/remove_time_spent
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove time spent. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/remove_zoom
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove Zoom meeting from this issue. |
/reopen
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Reopen. |
/request_review @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assigns or requests a new review from one or more users. |
/request_review me
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Assigns or requests a new review from one or more users. |
/set_parent <item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set parent item. The <item> value should be in the format of #IID, reference, or a URL to an item. For issues, the new look for issues must be enabled. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/severity <severity>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set the severity. Issue type must be Incident. Options for <severity> are S1 … S4, critical, high, medium, low, unknown.
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/shrug
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add ¯\＿(ツ)＿/¯.
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/spend <time> [<date>] or /spend_time <time> [<date>]
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add or subtract spent time. Optionally, specify the date that time was spent on. For example, /spend 1mo 2w 3d 4h 5m 2018-08-26 or /spend -1h 30m. For more information, see Time tracking. Alias /spend_time introduced in GitLab 15.6. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/submit_review
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Submit a pending review. |
/subscribe
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Subscribe to notifications. |
/tableflip
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻.
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/target_branch <local branch name>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set target branch. |
/timeline <timeline comment> \| <date(YYYY-MM-DD)> <time(HH:MM)>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add a timeline event to this incident. For example, /timeline DB load spiked \| 2022-09-07 09:30. (introduced in GitLab 15.4).
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/title <new title>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Change title. |
/todo
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add a to-do item. |
/unapprove
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Unapprove the merge request. |
/unassign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove specific assignees. |
/unassign_reviewer @user1 @user2 or /remove_reviewer @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove specific reviewers. |
/unassign_reviewer me
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove yourself as a reviewer. |
/unassign_reviewer or /remove_reviewer
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove all reviewers. |
/unassign
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove all assignees. |
/unlabel ~label1 ~label2 or /remove_label ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove specified labels. |
/unlabel or /remove_label
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove all labels. |
/unlink <item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove link with to the provided issue. The <item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or the full URL. (Introduced in GitLab 16.1). For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled.
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/unlock
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Unlock the discussions. For epics, the new look for epics must be enabled. |
/unsubscribe
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Unsubscribe from notifications. |
/weight <value>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set weight. Valid values are integers like 0, 1, or 2.
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/zoom <Zoom URL>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add a Zoom meeting to this issue or incident. In GitLab 15.3 and later users on GitLab Premium can add a short description when adding a Zoom link to an incident. |
Work items
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- Executing quick actions from comments introduced in GitLab 15.10.
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Work items in GitLab include tasks and OKRs. The following quick actions can be applied through the description field when editing or commenting on work items.
| Command | Task | Objective | Key Result | Action |
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/assign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Assign one or more users. |
/assign me
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Assign yourself. |
/add_child <work_item>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Add child to <work_item>. The <work_item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or a URL to a work item. Multiple work items can be added as child items at the same time. Introduced in GitLab 16.5.
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/award :emoji:
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Toggle an emoji reaction. Introduced in GitLab 16.5 |
/cc @user
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mention a user. In GitLab 15.0 and later, this command performs no action. You can instead type CC @user or only @user.
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/checkin_reminder <cadence>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Schedule check-in reminders. Options are weekly, twice-monthly, monthly, or never (default). Introduced in GitLab 16.4 with flags named okrs_mvc and okr_checkin_reminders.
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/clear_health_status
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Clear health status. |
/clear_weight
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Clear weight. |
/close
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Close. |
/confidential
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark work item as confidential. introduced in GitLab 16.4. |
/copy_metadata <work_item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Copy labels and milestone from another work item in the same namespace. The <work_item> value should be in the format of #item or a URL to a work item. Introduced in GitLab 17.9.
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/done
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Mark to-do item as done. Introduced in GitLab 16.2. |
/due <date>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set due date. Examples of valid <date> include in 2 days, this Friday and December 31st.
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/health_status <value>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set health status. Valid options for <value> are on_track, needs_attention, or at_risk.
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/label ~label1 ~label2 or /labels ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add one or more labels. Label names can also start without a tilde (~), but mixed syntax is not supported.
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/promote_to <type>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Promotes work item to specified type. Available options for <type>: issue (promote a task) or objective (promote a key result). Introduced in GitLab 16.1.
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/reassign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Replace current assignees with those specified. |
/relabel ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Replace current labels with those specified. |
/remove_due_date
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove due date. |
/remove_child <work_item>
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Remove the child <work_item>. The <work_item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or a URL to a work item. Introduced in GitLab 16.10.
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/remove_parent
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Removes the parent work item. Introduced in GitLab 16.9. |
/reopen
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Reopen. |
/set_parent <work_item>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Set parent work item to <work_item>. The <work_item> value should be in the format of #item, group/project#item, or a URL to a work item. Introduced in GitLab 16.5. Alias /epic for issues with the new look introduced in GitLab 17.10.
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/shrug
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add ¯\＿(ツ)＿/¯.
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/subscribe
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Subscribe to notifications. Introduced in GitLab 16.4 |
/tableflip
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻.
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/title <new title>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Change title. |
/todo
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Add a to-do item. Introduced in GitLab 16.2. |
/type
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Converts work item to specified type. Available options for <type> include issue, task, objective and key result. Introduced in GitLab 16.0.
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/unassign @user1 @user2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove specific assignees. |
/unassign
| {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove all assignees. |
/unlabel ~label1 ~label2 or /remove_label ~label1 ~label2
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove specified labels. |
/unlabel or /remove_label
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove all labels. |
/unlink
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Remove link to the provided work item. The <work item> value should be in the format of #work_item, group/project#work_item, or the full work item URL. Introduced in GitLab 17.8.
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/unsubscribe
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | Unsubscribe to notifications. Introduced in GitLab 16.4 |
/weight <value>
| {{< icon name=”check-circle” >}} Yes | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | {{< icon name=”dotted-circle” >}} No | Set weight. Valid options for <value> include 0, 1, and 2.
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Commit messages
The following quick actions are applicable for commit messages:
| Command | Action |
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/tag v1.2.3 <message>
| Tags the commit with an optional message. |
Troubleshooting
Quick action isn’t executed
If you run a quick action, but nothing happens, check if the quick action appears in the autocomplete box as you type it. If it doesn’t, it’s possible that:
- The feature related to the quick action isn’t available to you based on your subscription tier or user role for the group or project.
- A required condition for the quick action isn’t met.
For example, you’re running
/unlabelon an issue without any labels.