glab(1)

🎀 glab-mr-update — fresh from the glab(1) manual 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

glab-mr-update — Update a merge request. That’s the whole assignment, bestie, and it ate. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

glab mr update [ | ] [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Defaults to the currently checked-out branch. Use --fill to automatically fill the title and description from the commit history. It’s giving “let the commits do the talking.” ✨

--attach uploads a file and references it at the end of the description. Repeat the flag for more than one file, or pass - to read the file from standard input. Without --description the references are added to the description the merge request already has, instead of replacing it. Very “append, don’t erase” of it. 🫶

💀 Heads up, bestie: The --attach flag is an experiment. It might be unstable or removed at any time, and is not ready for production use. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -a, --assignee=[] — Assign users via username. Prefix with ! or - to remove from existing assignees, + to add. Otherwise, replace existing assignees with given users. Multiple usernames can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag. 👑
• --attach=[] — (EXPERIMENTAL) Upload a file and reference it at the end of the description. Use - to read the file from standard input. Repeat the flag to attach multiple files. 🎀
• -d, --description="" — Merge request description. Set to - to open an editor. ✍️
• --description-file="" — Read the merge request description from a file. Use - to read from standard input. 📄
• --draft[=false] — Mark merge request as a draft. 🚧
• -f, --fill[=false] — Do not prompt for title or body, and just use commit info. Let the commits speak, periodt. 🔥
• --fill-commit-body[=false] — Fill body with each commit body when multiple commits. Can only be used with --fill. 🧚
• -l, --label=[] — Add labels. 🏷️
• --lock-discussion[=false] — Lock discussion on merge request. 🔒
• -m, --milestone="" — Title of the milestone to assign. Set to "" or 0 to unassign. 🎯
• -r, --ready[=false] — Mark merge request as ready to be reviewed and merged. Main character move, no cap. 🌟
• --remove-source-branch[=false] — Toggles the removal of the source branch on merge. 🪄
• --reviewer=[] — Request review from users by their usernames. Prefix with ! or - to remove from existing reviewers, + to add. Otherwise, replace existing reviewers with given users. Multiple usernames can be comma-separated or specified by repeating the flag. 👀
• --squash-before-merge[=false] — Toggles the option to squash commits into a single commit when merging. 🧼
• --state="any" — Filter by state when selecting a merge request by branch: opened, closed, merged, locked, any. Ignored for IDs and URLs. 🧭
• --target-branch="" — Set target branch. 🌿
• -t, --title="" — Title of merge request. 💌
• --unassign[=false] — Unassign all users. 🫥
• -u, --unlabel=[] — Remove labels. 🧹
• --unlock-discussion[=false] — Unlock discussion on merge request. 🔓
• --wip[=false] — Mark merge request as a work in progress. Alternative to --draft. 🛠️
• -y, --yes[=false] — Skip confirmation prompt. Say less and send it. ⚡

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

• -h, --help[=false] — Show help for this command. 🆘
• -R, --repo="" — Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted. 🌍

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🧪 EXAMPLE 🧪

# Mark a merge request as ready
glab mr update 23 --ready

# Mark a merge request as draft
glab mr update 23 --draft

# Updates the merge request for the current branch
glab mr update --draft

# Select the open merge request when a branch also has merged requests
glab mr update feature-branch --state opened --ready

# Update merge request with commit information
glab mr update 23 --fill --fill-commit-body --yes

# Read the description from a file
glab mr update 23 --description-file description.md

# Read the description from standard input
cat description.md | glab mr update 23 --description-file -

# Add a screenshot to the existing description
glab mr update 23 --attach ./screenshot.png

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

• glab-mr(1) — go hang out with the rest of the merge request squad. 💜

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💖 auto-generated by spf13/cobra · Nov 2026 · glab(1) · now go update those merge requests, bestie 🫶