2019-10-07 - Triage report for "group::source code"

Hi, @jramsay @m_gill @andr3 @nick.thomas

This is a group or stage level triage package that aims to summarize the feature proposals and bugs which have not been scheduled or triaged. For more information please refer to the handbook:

  • https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/quality/triage-operations/index.html#triage-packages

Scheduling the workload is a collaborative effort by the Product Managers and Engineering Managers for that group. Please work together to provide a best estimate on priority and milestone assignments. For each issue please:

  • Determine if the issue should be closed if it is no longer relevant or a duplicate.
  • If it is still relevant please assign either a best estimate versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone.
  • Specifically for ~bug, if there is no priority or clarity on a versioned milestone, please add a Priority label. Priority labels have an estimate SLO attached to them and help team members and the wider community understand roughly when it will be considered to be scheduled.
    • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/contributing/issue_workflow.html#priority-labels
  • Once a milestone has been assigned please check off the box for that issue.
  • Please work with your team to complete the list by the due date set.

Feature Proposal Section

For the following feature proposals. Please either close or assign either a versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone.

Unscheduled feature with customer

  • #33472 (closed) Drop bfg-repo-cleaner dependency for Repository cleanup feature backend, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository, security
  • #31440 (closed) Make the "merge" button only available to the creator of a merge request customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #21934 Prevent rebase from UI Merge request by "Merge commit with semi-linear history" activated Create [DEPRECATED], auto updated, awaiting feedback, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #5183 (closed) Support of new branch protection mode of accepting merge request from other specific branches Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, GitLab Premium, ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository
  • #5010 (closed) META: Code review flow which doesn't rely on manual assignment Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, GitLab Premium, UX, customer, devopscreate, direction, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #21014 (closed) Add ability to filter out merge requests opened by current user Create [DEPRECATED], customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20960 GDPR Compliance: Maintain Separate Mapping of Commits to Authors in Gitlab Create [DEPRECATED], ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, repository
  • #4722 Add ability to diff between any two commits from a merge request Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, diff, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #4696 lower minimum approver count on MR when merging between two protected branches Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, approvals, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #4498 Set arbitrary "Mirror user" for Repository Mirroring Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, ~"mirror", repository, settings
  • #20377 (closed) Please allow forks to inherit secure variables Create [DEPRECATED], ~"ci variables", customer, devopscreate, feature, forking, groupsource code, potential proposal
  • #20325 (closed) Make the "merge" button as prominent as (or replace) "close merge request" Create [DEPRECATED], UX, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20324 (closed) Ability to jump to diff in an MR Create [DEPRECATED], UX, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20263 (closed) Merge commit template Create [DEPRECATED], auto updated, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, potential proposal
  • #4169 (closed) enhancement for "approver" role of merge requests Create [DEPRECATED], Enterprise Edition, ~"P3", Plan [DEPRECATED], ~"S3", approvals, awaiting feedback, customer, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code

Unscheduled feature (non-customer)

  • #33368 (closed) Built in badge for releases ~"component::badges", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33320 Better feedback when adding a merge request dependency fails devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33299 (closed) searching all blobs from a project with global search api, devopscreate, ~"docs-update", feature, groupsource code, support request
  • #33297 Regex in search field for global search blobs scope api, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33275 (closed) Allow custom hook message to be displayed for longer devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests, repository
  • #33253 (closed) Merge request: support commit-by-commit and commit-range reviews Delivery, ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33242 (closed) Non-line oriented diffs (and comments) ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33223 (closed) Grey out "Delete source branch" option for specific branches devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33163 (closed) Automatically collapse low-value files when reviewing code Persona: Software developer, ~"code review", devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #33138 (closed) Merge Request Changes view: Highlight File when clicked on tree view UI polish, UX, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33036 (closed) Search for tags(now named TOPICS) via rest api api, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #32861 Syntax highlighting for Agda does not work devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, highlight
  • #32630 Add line wrapping to diff view within the MR ~"code review", devopscreate, diff, feature, groupsource code
  • #32586 Add the Warning status to the commit API api, devopscreate, feature, groupsource code
  • #32429 Automatically adding a label to an issue and/or a merge request when a merge is done devopscreate, feature, groupsource code, merge requests

Bug Section

For the following bugs. Please either close or assign either a versioned milestone, the %Backlog or the %Awaiting further demand milestone and ensure that a priority label is set.

Heatmap for all bugs

Bugs for their priority and severity label are counted here. Every bug should have severity and priority labels applied. Please take a look at the bugs which fall into the columns indicating that the priority or severity labels are currently missing.

~S1 ~S2 ~S3 ~S4 ~"No severity"
~P1 1 1 0 0 0
~P2 0 33 10 2 0
~P3 0 10 274 14 0
~P4 0 0 99 196 1
~"No priority" 0 6 26 19 92

Unscheduled frontend ~bug with customer

  • #27504 (closed) Slow text input in comment box of large Merge Requests when using Microsoft Edge ~"S4", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, ~"performance"
  • #25800 (closed) Merge request compare screen regressions with dark theme Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"S3", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, regression, regression:11.6
  • #21390 (closed) MR accepted timestamps are showing different times Create [DEPRECATED], ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #20950 (closed) Again: Web GUI: Unable to create new branch from commit SHA Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", ~"S3", ~"bug", customer, default-priority, default-severity, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, repository, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #20407 (closed) Some branches randomly appearing out of order in drop down list when sorted by "name" Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P3", ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", ~"S3", awaiting feedback, ~"bug", customer, default-priority, default-severity, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, repository
  • #18713 (closed) Deleting a tag using the Web UI generates a duplicate entry on the activity log ~"Accepting merge requests", Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P4", ~"Platform [DEPRECATED]", ~"S3", backend, ~"bug", customer, default-priority, default-severity, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, repository, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #18614 (closed) Diff method/class in header disappears when expanding collapsed section of a file Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P4", Plan [DEPRECATED], ~"S4", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code
  • #16914 (closed) Limit branch name predictions on merge request dropdown Create [DEPRECATED], ~"P4", ~"S3", UX, ~"bug", customer, default-priority, default-severity, devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, repository

Unscheduled frontend ~bug (non-customer)

  • #33189 (closed) Merge request line comments, where the linenum is 5 or more digits, do not look good. ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, repository
  • #32770 (closed) Missing space between paragraphs of draft comments in MR Reviews Enterprise Edition, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32676 (closed) Misalignment of line numbers in code view on Safari ~"P2", ~"S2", UI polish, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #32493 (closed) Avatar obscured by text after adding a file or directory UI polish, UX, awaiting feedback, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, needs investigation, repository
  • #32476 (closed) GitLab UI for merge requests lets you enter any source branch path but silently changes it on submission ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32306 (closed) Validation errors do not appear in "add approvers" modal ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code
  • #32290 (closed) Displayed number of pipeline changes as page loads ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32278 (closed) UI does not have any link to the main merge request page from an empty merge conflicts page ~"S4", UI polish, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32230 (closed) Improvement in UI for diffing two versions ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32120 (closed) "Show full file" does not allow commenting on expanded lines ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, diff, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests, reproduced on GitLab.com
  • #32018 (closed) Merge when completed bug ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #31906 (closed) Show all lines is misleading UI polish, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #31804 (closed) "Remove source branch" checkbox doesn't work as expected ~"P3", ~"S3", UX, ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #14963 (closed) Error message when applying suggestion contains error code ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #31718 (closed) PDF's turn upside down if you click onto another tab once they are open and go back to them ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, frontend, groupsource code

Unscheduled ~bug with customer

  • #33066 (closed) Changes to pull mirrored projects don't make it downstream Category:Source Code Management, Enterprise Edition, ~"S3", ~"bug", customer, devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"mirror"

Unscheduled ~bug (non-customer)

  • #33354 File Permissions changes aren't shown on Merge Requests ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #33325 (confidential) ~"(confidential)"
  • #33284 (closed) Misleading message on fast forward merges UX, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #33281 (closed) Copying from GitLab suggestions should not copy line numbers ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #33265 (closed) Files uploaded to repository have spaces in names replaced with underscores ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #33225 (closed) External remote missing in the Merge request Delivery, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32960 (closed) Incorrect number of tasks reported on issues ~"S3", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #32949 (moved) Push Hooks Internal Error Net::ReadTimeout while integrating to Azure ~"S2", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"hooks"
  • #32944 (closed) Gitlab API repository file endpoint doesn't work with commit api, awaiting feedback, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #32908 (closed) Cherry-picking a MR doesn't keep the permissions of a moved and re-permissioned file in destination branch ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32718 (confidential) ~"(confidential)"
  • #32706 (closed) Merge in v12.3.0 corrupts source branch ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests
  • #32302 (closed) MR discussion fails to load (times out) ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code
  • #13173 (closed) Disabling "Show Whitespace changes" takes minutes to take affect ~"S4", ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, ~"performance"
  • #28157 (closed) API closes_issues returns an empty list Create [DEPRECATED], api, ~"bug", devopscreate, groupsource code, merge requests

Heatmap for ~missed-SLO bugs

~S1 ~S2 ~S3 ~S4
~P1 0 0 0 0
~P2 0 27 5 1
~P3 0 0 1 0
~P4 0 0 0 0


This is a group level triage package that aims to collate the latest bug reports (for frontend and otherwise) and feature proposals. For more information please refer to the handbook:

  • https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/quality/triage-operations/index.html#triage-packages
Edited Oct 08, 2019 by Nick Thomas
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