`glab mr note create`

Create a comment or discussion on a merge request. (EXPERIMENTAL)

Synopsis

Add a comment to a merge request. By default, the command creates the comment as a new discussion thread.

Use --resolvable=false to create a non-resolvable note instead. Non-resolvable notes do not block merging when the project requires All threads must be resolved. Use this option for automation or status updates that do not need a human to resolve them.

Use --reply to add a note to an existing discussion thread instead of starting a new one. The value can be a full discussion ID or a unique prefix of at least 8 characters. Find discussion IDs with glab mr note list. Human-readable output uses eight characters before the ellipsis, for example [discussion: abc12345…]; pass only those characters, for example --reply abc12345. To get a full ID, use the id field of each discussion object: glab mr note list -F json | jq -r '.[].id'.

Use --file to place a diff comment on a specific file in the latest merge request diff version. Combine with --line (new side) or --old-line (old/removed side) to target a specific line. Omit both flags for a file-level comment.

Use --draft to add the comment to a pending review instead of publishing it immediately:

Pending comments are visible only to you until you submit the review from the merge request page.
Combine with --file or --reply to add the pending comment to the diff or as a reply to a comment thread.
Attachments added with --attach are uploaded to the project immediately, even while the comment is pending.

The flag rules are:

--line and --old-line require --file, and cannot be used together.
--file, --reply, and --unique are mutually exclusive.
--resolvable=false cannot be combined with --reply or --file (and by extension --line or --old-line).
--draft cannot be combined with --unique or --resolvable=false.
--attach and --unique are mutually exclusive, because every upload gets a fresh URL and so an attached comment can never match an existing one.

--attach uploads a file and references it at the end of the comment. Repeat the flag for more than one file, or pass - to read the file from standard input. An attachment is content on its own, so a comment with only --attach neither prompts nor reads a body from stdin.

This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

glab mr note create [<id> | <branch>] [flags]

Examples

# Add a comment to merge request 123
glab mr note create 123 -m "Looks good to me!"

# Add a comment to the current branch's merge request
glab mr note create -m "LGTM"

# Open editor to compose the message
glab mr note create 123

# Pipe from stdin
echo "LGTM" | glab mr note create 123

# Read the body from a file
glab mr note create 123 < plan.md

# Skip if already posted
glab mr note create 123 -m "LGTM" --unique

# Create a non-resolvable note, for example for bot or CI status updates
glab mr note create 123 -m "Build status: green" --resolvable=false

# Reply to an existing discussion thread
glab mr note create 123 --reply abc12345 -m "I agree!"

# Add a comment to a pending review instead of publishing immediately
glab mr note create 123 --draft -m "Consider renaming this."

# Add a diff comment on line 42 of main.go
glab mr note create 123 --file main.go --line 42 -m "Needs refactoring"

# Add a pending diff comment on line 42 of main.go
glab mr note create 123 --draft --file main.go --line 42 -m "Off-by-one?"

# Add a diff comment on lines 10-15 (multiline range)
glab mr note create 123 --file main.go --line 10:15 -m "Extract this block"

# Add a diff comment on a removed line (old side)
glab mr note create 123 --file main.go --old-line 7 -m "Why was this removed?"

# Add a file-level diff comment (no line specified)
glab mr note create 123 --file main.go -m "General comment on this file"

# Attach a screenshot alongside the message
glab mr note create 123 -m "Renders wrong here." --attach ./screenshot.png

# Attach an image piped from the clipboard
pngpaste - | glab mr note create 123 --attach -

Options

      --attach stringArray   (EXPERIMENTAL) Upload a file and reference it at the end of the comment. Use "-" to read the file from standard input. Repeat the flag to attach multiple files.
      --draft                Create the comment as a pending review comment.
      --file string          File path for a diff comment, like <path/to/file>. Targets the latest merge request diff version.
      --line string          Line in the new version. A single line number, like 42, or a range, like 10:15.
  -m, --message string       Comment or note message.
      --old-line int         Line in the old version, for commenting on a removed line.
      --reply string         Reply to an existing discussion. Accepts a full discussion ID or a unique prefix of at least 8 characters.
      --resolvable           Create the note as a resolvable discussion thread. Set to false to create a non-resolvable note. (default true)
      --unique               Don't create a note if a note with the same body already exists. Reads all merge request comments first.

Options inherited from parent commands

  -h, --help          Show help for this command.
  -R, --repo string   Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.