Bulk update start/due date for work items

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Description

It is extremely tedious to change due dates for multiple issues at once compared to Asana or other project management systems that is used by developer teams.

Proposal

Add due date and start date fields to the bulk-edit sidebar in the work items list.

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Overview

Use cases

As a manager I often need to change due dates of multiple tasks. Eg.

  • Fridays are reserved for maintenance/research tasks so whatever we do not finish this Friday is going to be moved to next Friday.
  • Changing due dates on multiple related tasks when something more urgent comes up
  • For the lack of other means (like simply ordering tasks in Asana), we use due dates in GitLab for indicating which tasks should be done first and which later. However, when work gets delayed, everything has to be moved and doing this one by one is a nightmare.

Feature checklist

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Edited by Amanda Rueda