Cannot create a Merge request from Master repo to a forked repo.

Description

GitLab Enterprise Edition 9.5.5-ee

Cannot create merge request from Master repo to forked repo but can create a merge request from forked repo to Master repo. The error we are getting is a status error saying "Source project is not a fork of the target project."

Proposal

To be able to create a merge request from Master repo to forked repo. As you can see in the attached PNGs, this is not possible. The forked repo doesn't even appear in the dropdown target branch.

Merge request possible from forked to Master.

ForkedToMaster

Merge request not possible from Master repo to forked repo (Nothing appearing in the dropdown.)

MasterToForked

Links / references

Documentation blurb

Overview

What is it? Cannot create Merge request from Master repo to forked repo.

Why should someone use this feature? To create a merge request across two repos.

What is the underlying (business) problem? We cannot create merge requests across team repos.

How do you use this feature? See explanation above.

Use cases

Who is this for? Provide one or more use cases. For teams to create merge requests from one repo to another.

/label ~"feature proposal"

Edited by Erich King