fix(gitlab): accept merge request URLs from self-hosted hosts#23848

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Problem

A merge request URL from a self-hosted GitLab isn't recognized when the host name doesn't contain "gitlab" or the instance serves plain http. Take https://code.example.com/group/project/-/merge_requests/42:

In a new thread's branch picker, there is no "Checkout" row for it. The picker only offers to create a branch named after the URL.
In the "Checkout change request" dialog, it is rejected as invalid input: "Use a change request URL, checkout command, 123, or #123."

The cause is the GitLab client's reference pattern in packages/source-control-gitlab/src/client/definition.ts. It requires https and the word gitlab in the host name, so parsePullRequestReference returns null for these URLs, and both the picker and the dialog only act on a non-null result.

The rest of the app already handles these hosts. parseChangeRequestUrl in @t3tools/shared matches the /-/merge_requests/<n> path on any host, and the GitLab provider marks self-hosted remotes as GitLab when glab is signed in to them (#15395).

Change

One regex. It now accepts http or https and any host, and still requires the /-/merge_requests/<n> path:

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1	-const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE =
2	- /^https:\/\/[^/\s]gitlab[^/\s]\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;
3	+const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE = /^https?:\/\/[^/\s]+\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;

The /-/merge_requests/ path is GitLab's own, and no other host definition matches it. The Forgejo definition already accepts https? on any host the same way. Which provider then resolves the URL is still decided by the project's repository identity on the server. This change doesn't touch that.

Scope and approval

A focused parsing fix with no prior issue. It touches one client definition and adds one test. No server, contract or settings changes.

Verification

New test in packages/client-runtime/src/pullRequestLinkInput.test.ts: parsePullRequestReference returns https://code.example.com/group/project/-/merge_requests/42 and http://git.internal/group/sub/project/-/merge_requests/7 unchanged.

With main's definition.ts, both cases fail (expected null to be '...'). The other 14 tests in the file pass.
On this branch, all 16 pass.
tsc-rs --noEmit passes in packages/source-control-gitlab and packages/client-runtime. vp lint and vp fmt --check pass on both changed files.

The two new cases failing with main's definition.ts

All 16 tests in the file passing on this branch

Real app: production builds of main and this branch (vp build for web, vp pack for the server) on Linux, each with fresh state, in Chrome. The project is a local repository whose origin is https://code.example.com/group/demo-project.git. Nothing contacts that host. In a new thread I open the branch picker and paste the URL. Then I open the dialog through #1 and paste the URL into its field.

Main: the picker offers only "Create new ref".

Main: the branch picker offers only to create a ref named after the URL

This branch: the picker offers "Checkout change request" for the URL.

This branch: the branch picker offers Checkout change request for the URL

Main: the dialog rejects the URL as invalid input.

Main: the dialog says to use a change request URL, checkout command, 123 or #123

This branch: the dialog accepts the URL and asks the server to resolve it. No glab is installed or signed in on this machine, so the project's provider is "unknown" and the lookup fails with that error.

This branch: the dialog sends the URL to the server, which has no provider for this project

Not checked:

A real self-hosted GitLab with glab signed in. On such a host #15395 marks the project as GitLab, and the server resolves the URL with glab mr view -- <url>. I could not run that without an account.
An http URL in the app. The test covers it.
The desktop app, macOS, Windows and mobile. The changed code is a shared client regex.

Prior PRs

#13246 by @Luca-Lucidera made the same two changes, any host and plain http, when this regex still lived in apps/web/src/pullRequestReference.ts. It was closed on 2026-10-14 for size: 546 lines across 16 files, including shared remote parsing and this URL handling. The maintainer asked for a much smaller fix limited to its SSH custom-port bug. This PR carries forward only the regex change, now in the GitLab client definition. It leaves out that PR's stricter path check, which also rejects /-/merge_requests/ inside a query string.

#15395 by @TonybynMp4 (issue #15390) made bare numbers resolve on self-hosted GitLab hosts whose name lacks "gitlab". This PR fixes the same host-name assumption for pasted URLs. #13351 by @Mnigos changes another line of the same file and does not touch this hunk.

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The GitLab change request reference pattern now accepts HTTP and HTTPS URLs on any hostname. It requires a nonempty project path before the merge request number. Tests cover accepted and rejected URL forms, including self-hosted URLs.

Changes: Self-hosted GitLab merge request URLs

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Merge request reference pattern `packages/source-control-gitlab/src/shared/definition.ts`, `packages/source-control-gitlab/src/shared/definition.test.ts`, `packages/client-runtime/src/pullRequestLinkInput.test.ts`	The pattern accepts HTTP and HTTPS URLs on any hostname with one or more nonempty project-path segments. Tests cover nested paths, query strings, fragments, trailing `/diffs`, and invalid path forms. Client parser tests expect self-hosted URLs to be returned unchanged.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#20226 — The URL pattern accepts the described self-managed GitLab host and installation subfolder. The issue’s API path failure remains outside this change.

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This change lets self-hosted GitLab merge request URLs be recognized as checkout options. Projects whose provider is unknown still see a clear error, which is the intended fallback. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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…	…	@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import {
9	9		const CHECKOUT_COMMAND = /^glab\s+mr\s+checkout\s+(.+)$/i;
10		-	const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE =
11		-	/^https:\/\/[^/\s]gitlab[^/\s]\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;
	10	+	const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE = /^https?:\/\/[^/\s]+\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restrict the merge request marker to the URL path.

The .+ prefix also matches ? and #. For example, https://host/project?x=1/-/merge_requests/42 is accepted even though /-/merge_requests/42 is in the query, not the path. Exclude query and fragment delimiters from the prefix, or parse the URL and match its pathname.

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…	…	@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import {
12	12		const CHECKOUT_COMMAND = /^glab\s+mr\s+checkout\s+(.+)$/i;
13		-	const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE =
14		-	/^https:\/\/[^/\s]gitlab[^/\s]\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;
	13	+	const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE = /^https?:\/\/[^/\s]+\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;

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Keep the merge-request segment in the URL path.

The .+ portion can cross ? and #, so the matcher accepts URLs where /-/merge_requests/<number> appears only in a query or fragment. parsePullRequestReference then accepts the URL, but GitLab’s path parser rejects it and resolveLinkPullRequestInput returns null.

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1	--- "a/packages/source-control-gitlab/src/shared/definition.ts"
2	+++ "b/packages/source-control-gitlab/src/shared/definition.ts"
3	@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
4	import { icon } from "./icon.ts";
5
6	const CHECKOUT_COMMAND = /^glab\s+mr\s+checkout\s+(.+)$/i;
7	-const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE = /^https?:\/\/[^/\s]+\/.+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;
8	+const CHANGE_REQUEST_REFERENCE = /^https?:\/\/[^/\s]+\/[^?#\s]+\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:[/?#].*)?$/i;
9
10	// Self-managed GitLab runs on any hostname and nests projects in groups.
11	const CHANGE_REQUEST_PATH = /^\/([^/]+(?:\/[^/]+)+)\/-\/merge_requests\/(\d+)(?:\/\|$)/u;

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fix(gitlab): ignore merge request paths inside a query or fragment6e9591e
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