1. Using Visual Builder Studio
  2. Common Tasks
  3. Manage Source Code Files with Git
  4. Review Source Code with Merge Requests
  5. Review a Merge Request
  6. Filter a Merge Request Conversation

Filter a Merge Request Conversation

The Conversation tab on the Merge Request page displays commits, comments, and approvals related to the selected merge request. If there are many entries, you may want to filter these items to more easily locate a particular item you are looking for, say to reply to another reviewer's comment.

To filter merge request conversations:
  1. In the Merge Request page, select the Conversations tab.
  2. On the right side of the page, select Filter Options Filter Options icon .

    The Filter conversation dialog box is displayed.Filter conversation dialog box showing Select any user (Tina Tester and Clara Coder were selected); Anytime was selected by date, no Text string was specified. and Commits, Comments, and Approvals were all selected as types to filter by so they are shaded as opposed to being shown unshaded to indicate that they were inactive selections.

  3. Use the dialog box to select the criteria by which you want to filter the comments:
    1. In By User, select All, Only mine, or Select any then select one of the users who is a reviewer.

      The Select any option displays only the names of team members who entered comments in the selected MR, not all users who are reviewers. You're prompted to select one or more of the team members whose comments you want to see or remove the team member or members whose comments you want to filter out.

    2. In By Date, select Anytime, Today, Yesterday, Last 3 days, Last 7 days, or Last 30 days.
    3. In By Text, enter any text string to search for.
    4. In By Type, select Commits, Comments, and/or Approvals.

      Shaded choices are active.

You can also sort the entries by clicking the Sort Options dropdown Sort Options dropdown menu and selecting Oldest First, Newest First, and/or Keep Order. You can combine choices, such as Oldest First and Keep Order, too.