GitLab Merge Request Concourse Resource

A concourse resource to check for new merge requests on GitLab and update the merge request status.

Source Configuration

resource_types:
- name: merge-request
  type: docker-image
  source:
    repository: mastertinner/gitlab-merge-request-resource

resources:
- name: repo-mr
  type: merge-request
  source:
    uri: https://gitlab.com/myname/myproject.git
    private_token: XXX
    username: my_username
    password: xxx

• uri: The location of the repository (required)

• private_token: Your GitLab user's private token (required, can be found in your profile settings)

• private_key: The private SSH key for SSH auth when pulling

  Example:

  private_key: |
    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    MIIEowIBAAKCAQEAtCS10/f7W7lkQaSgD/mVeaSOvSF9ql4hf/zfMwfVGgHWjj+W
    <Lots more text>
    DWiJL+OFeg9kawcUL6hQ8JeXPhlImG6RTUffma9+iGQyyBMCGd1l
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
  

• username: The username for HTTP(S) auth when pulling

• password: The password for HTTP(S) auth when pulling

• no_ssl: Set to true if the GitLab API should be used over HTTP instead of HTTPS

• skip_ssl_verification: Optional. Connect to GitLab insecurely - i.e. skip SSL validation. Defaults to false if not provided.

Please note that you have to provide either private_key or username and password.

Behavior

check: Check for new merge requests

Checks if there are new merge requests or merge requests with new commits.

in: Clone merge request source branch

git clones the source branch of the respective merge request.

out: Update a merge request's merge status

Updates the merge request's merge_status which displays nicely in the GitLab UI and allows to only merge changes if they pass the test.

Parameters

• repository: The path of the repository of the merge request's source branch (required)
• status: The new status of the merge request (required, can be either pending, running, success, failed, or canceled)
• build_label: The label of the build in GitLab (optional, defaults to "Concourse")

Example

jobs:
- name: test-merge-request
  plan:
  - get: repo
    resource: repo-mr
    trigger: true
  - put: repo-mr
    params:
      repository: repo
      status: running
  - task: run-tests
    file: repo/ci/tasks/run-tests.yml
  on_failure:
    put: repo-mr
    params:
      repository: repo
      status: failed
  on_success:
    put: repo-mr
    params:
      repository: repo
      status: success