10 tips to make you a productive GitLab user
Feb 18, 2021Michael Friedrich

Summary
This post introduces and demonstrates the practical application of GitLab's quick actions and description templates for improving issue and merge request workflows. It details how engineering managers and developers can use quick actions like `/assign`, `/label`, `/milestone`, `/epic`, `/parent_epic`, `/draft`, `/approve`, and `/rebase` to automate common tasks directly within text fields. It also explains how to leverage description templates to pre-populate issues and MRs with quick actions, labels, and assignees, thereby streamlining the contribution process and improving efficiency.
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