merge-request-notifier
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This app shows your merge requests grouped by projects and WIP status. It is accessible from the system tray.
Merge Request Notifier
This app shows your GitLab merge requests grouped by projects and WIP status. It is accessible from the system tray.
Light Mode | Dark Mode |
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Tray Icon
In the system tray you wil see the number of all open merge requests.

Notification
You will receive a desktop notification when a new merge request is created. If you are not interested in "work in progress" merge request you can disable notifications for these. In addition you can disable notifications at all.

App Updates (macOS only)
You will be always up to date with our integrated in app updates 🎉. Once there is a new update available you will be notified with a prominent alert above the merge requests. On the details page you find the release notes from github.
New Update Alert | Release Notes |
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Installation
macOS
Manual installation
The macOS installer is uploaded at the releases page. Please download and install.
With homebrew-cask
If you're using homebrew-cask, this app can be installed via it. Please tap the repository URL and install this app via brew cask as follows.
brew tap codecentric/merge-request-notifier https://github.com/codecentric/merge-request-notifier
brew install --cask merge-request-notifier
It's the easiest way to install and manage this app on macOS.
Windows
The Windows installer is uploaded at the releases page. Please download and install.
Linux
Dependencies
This app is using a library that uses libsecret
to store the personal access token on your device.
Depending on your distribution, you will need to run the following command:
- Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libsecret-1-dev
- Red Hat-based: sudo yum install libsecret-devel
- Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S libsecret
Arch Linux
merge-request-notifier is available from the AUR. Install it using yay (or any other AUR helper):
$ yay -S merge-request-notifier
Other
Check the releases page for packages for your distribution.
Development
Install all dependencies
yarn install
Usage
This will start the application with hot-reload so you can instantly start developing your application.
# start the renderer process with webpack-dev-server
yarn start-renderer
# start the main process (electron app)
yarn start-main
Logs
You will find the application logs in the following folders
OS | Folder |
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Linux | ~/.config/merge-request-notifier/logs/{process type}.log |
macOS | ~/Library/Logs/merge-request-notifier/{process type}.log |
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\merge-request-notifier\logs{process type}.log |
App Settings
You will find the application settings in the following folders
OS | Folder |
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Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/merge-request-notifier/Settings or ~/.config/merge-request-notifier/Settings |
macOS | ~/Library/Application\ Support/merge-request-notifier/Settings |
Windows | %APPDATA%/merge-request-notifier/Settings |
New Releases
Create a new Release and Publish it
yarn dist