5 Great Phabricator features that inspired GitLab
Aug 13, 2021Michael Friedrich

Summary
This post details how Phabricator's review workflows, draft states, and commit linking inspired similar features in GitLab. It explains the evolution of Draft MRs (formerly WIP MRs) and how commit history in GitLab is enriched with links to MRs for debugging. It also discusses the inspiration for code coverage reports in MRs, including inline remarks, and how Phabricator's Herald and Harbormaster influenced GitLab CI/CD and automated workflows. Finally, it draws parallels between Phabricator's work boards and GitLab's issue and epic boards, highlighting the drag-and-drop functionality for status changes.