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Compare View across forks
Problem to solve
GitLab currently allows users to compare branches within the same repository only. When contributing to upstream open source projects from a fork, it is very useful to compare differences across repositories.
Proposal
The current "compare" function (repository >> compare
) only allows to select branch name. We could:
- Detect when branch/repo is part of a fork network and
- Show an additionl field for "source repo" (we could use the same pattern we use for new merge requests on forks):
Further info
Here is an example of such a Compare view on github - https://github.com/ellekasai/resumecards/compare/gh-pages...weitzman:master
Edited by Daniel Gruesso