README.md

Merge Request Slack Bot

This is a bot to get people to review your MR. Simply paste your link in the review channel and the bot will let people know you need a review.

Features

• Mention reviewers in Slack.
• Adds MR title and description to slack reply.
• Displays when MR is a draft/open/merged/closed with emojis.
• Remind people to review every hour.

How to develop it locally

Install dependencies:

yarn

Run:

yarn start:dev

Start an external server with ngrok

ngrok http 3000

Setup the webhooks endpoints:

Gitlab endpoint (Merge request events only):

https://[ngrok-uuid].ngrok.io/git

Slack endpoint:

https://[ngrok-uuid].ngrok.io/slack

Create a .env file

SLACK_OAUTH=xox...
SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET=<slack signing secret>
GITLAB_APP_OAUTH=glp...
GITLAB_URL=https://gitlab.com/
X_GITLAB_TOKEN=<webhook security token>
MONGO_URL=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster>?<params>
REMINDER_CRON=0 14 * * *

Do not add the REMINDER_CRON if you don't want the reminder to run.

Add the reactions to your Slack workspace

mr_draft

mr_open

mr_closed

mr_merged