Feature Highlight: Approve Merge Request

Jun 16, 2015Dmitriy Zaporozhets

SummaryAI, from the source post

Introduced Merge Request Approvals in GitLab EE 7.12, allowing users to set a required number of approvals from different people before a merge request can be merged through the UI. This feature adds an 'Approve' button to merge requests and enables merging once the required approvals are met.

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