Ability to create groups of users that can be added to a merge request

Problem to solve

Teams often want to add all developers on the team to a code review for visibility and to expedite the review process. GitLab supports creating groups of users, but these groups cannot be added to a merge request as approvers.

Intended users

Developers

Further details

It would allow developers to be more efficient by allowing them to simply add their team's group to a merge request to kick off code review and approval.

Proposal

Expand the user group feature to allow the group to be added to a merge request as approvers.

Permissions and Security

Ensuring that all users in the group have permission to view the repo that the merge request lives under.

Documentation

Required

Testing

Groups that include the user creating the merge request should not add that user as an approver.

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

Ability to add groups of users as approvers to a merge request.

What is the type of buyer?

Bronze

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