### Description I'd like to be able to specify the `author` of a MR through the MR APIs, instead of having it inherited by the API token's proprietary ### Proposal Add a `author_id` to `POST /projects/:id/merge_requests` ### Links / references ### Documentation blurb #### Overview In my company we leave to the CI to automagically create MR for every branch (more on that: https://rpadovani.com/open-mr-gitlab-ci) Unfortunately, the Gitlab runner uses a token defined as secret variable, therefore all the merge request have the same author #### Use cases We would love to have as author who first pushed the branch. Another possible way to go is that the runner uses a token valid for the user who pushed the branch, but there is no way to do that automatically, I think? ### Feature checklist Make sure these are completed before closing the issue, with a link to the relevant commit. - [ ] [Feature assurance](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/#feature-assurance) - [ ] Documentation - [ ] Added to [features.yml](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/blob/master/data/features.yml)