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Push Options

Introduced in GitLab 11.7.

GitLab supports using Git push options to perform various actions at the same time as pushing changes.

Currently, there are push options available for:

NOTE: Note: Git push options are only available with Git 2.10 or newer.

For Git versions 2.10 to 2.17 use --push-option:

git push --push-option=<push_option>

For version 2.18 and later, you can use the above format, or the shorter -o:

git push -o <push_option>

Push options for GitLab CI/CD

If the ci.skip push option is used, the commit will be pushed, but no CI pipeline will be created.

Push option Description
ci.skip Do not create a CI pipeline for the latest push.

For example:

git push -o ci.skip

Push options for merge requests

You can use Git push options to perform certain actions for merge requests at the same time as pushing changes:

Push option Description Introduced in version
merge_request.create Create a new merge request for the pushed branch. 11.10
merge_request.target=<branch_name> Set the target of the merge request to a particular branch. 11.10
merge_request.merge_when_pipeline_succeeds Set the merge request to merge when its pipeline succeeds. 11.10
merge_request.remove_source_branch Set the merge request to remove the source branch when it's merged. 12.2
merge_request.title="<title>" Set the title of the merge request. Ex: git push -o merge_request.title="The title I want". 12.2
merge_request.description="<description>" Set the description of the merge request. Ex: git push -o merge_request.description="The description I want". 12.2
merge_request.label="<label>" Add labels to the merge request. If the label does not exist, it will be created. For example, for two labels: git push -o merge_request.label="label1" -o merge_request.label="label2". 12.3
merge_request.unlabel="<label>" Remove labels from the merge request. For example, for two labels: git push -o merge_request.unlabel="label1" -o merge_request.unlabel="label2". 12.3

If you use a push option that requires text with spaces in it, you need to enclose it in quotes ("). You can omit the quotes if there are no spaces. Some examples:

git push -o merge_request.label="Label with spaces"
git push -o merge_request.label=Label-with-no-spaces

You can combine push options to accomplish multiple tasks at once, by using multiple -o (or --push-option) flags. For example, if you want to create a new merge request, and target a branch named my-target-branch:

git push -o merge_request.create -o merge_request.target=my-target-branch