When creating a merge request the name of the merge request seems to be an exclamation mark followed by a sequence number.
What is the reasoning behind that exclamation mark? Why not just a sequence number?
It’s to help with hyperlinks and quick actions.
There are a number of identifiers (IIDs) that GitLab autoincrements when you create new objects (issues, MRs, milestones). A new issue is ~4, a new MR is !4 and a new milestone is %4. The prefix helps GitLab render the IID as a hyperlink to the correct object.
If you are writing a comment, an MR description or an issue, you can just press ~, !, or % and then press tab to autocomplete the identifier.
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Hi @snim2, thank you for the clarification!
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