Add GitLab MR ref-ticket label parsing by WZ · Pull Request #59 · WZ/reportbot

WZ · 2026-02-20T23:25:54Z

What changed

Add gitlab_ref_ticket_label config (GITLAB_REF_TICKET_LABEL) for parsing ticket IDs from GitLab MR descriptions
Parse values from the configured field line (same-line or next-line), supporting comma-separated IDs
Normalize IDs by trimming spaces and removing leading # and - prefixes
Disable parsing when gitlab_ref_ticket_label is empty
Store parsed IDs on imported GitLab work items (ticket_ids)

Tests

Add parser unit tests with fake project/ticket data
Add GitLab fetch integration test coverage for configured label parsing
go test ./...

Notes

This applies only to GitLab fetch flow; GitHub fetch behavior is unchanged.
Replaced /report examples to use generic ticket_id wording.

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Pull request overview

Adds configurable parsing of ticket IDs from GitLab MR descriptions and persists the parsed IDs onto imported GitLab work items, while keeping GitHub behavior unchanged.

Changes:

Introduce gitlab_ref_ticket_label (GITLAB_REF_TICKET_LABEL) config to enable/disable GitLab MR ticket parsing.
Parse and normalize ticket IDs from a labeled field in GitLab MR descriptions and store them on GitLabMR.TicketIDs, then import into WorkItem.TicketIDs.
Add unit/integration tests for parsing and GitLab fetch; update /report examples and docs to use generic “ticket_id” wording.

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File	Description
internal/integrations/gitlab/gitlab.go	Adds MR `description` ingestion and ticket parsing/normalization into `GitLabMR.TicketIDs`.
internal/integrations/gitlab/ticket_parse_test.go	Unit tests for description-field ticket parsing behavior.
internal/integrations/gitlab/gitlab_fetch_test.go	Integration test asserting FetchMRs populates `TicketIDs` when configured.
internal/domain/models.go	Extends `GitLabMR` with `TicketIDs`.
internal/fetch/auto_fetch.go	Persists `mr.TicketIDs` into imported `WorkItem.TicketIDs`.
internal/config/config.go	Adds `GitLabRefTicketLabel` config + env override allowing empty value.
internal/config/config_test.go	Tests default/override/empty behavior for `GitLabRefTicketLabel`.
internal/integrations/slack/slack.go	Updates `/report` help/usage examples to `[ticket_id]`.
internal/nudge/nudge.go	Updates nudge message example to `[ticket_id]`.
README.md	Documents the new config/env var.
config.yaml	Adds `gitlab_ref_ticket_label` sample config and explanation.
docs/agentic-architecture.md	Updates example wording from “mantis” to “ticket”.

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Copilot · 2026-02-20T23:28:57Z

config.yaml

 gitlab_url: "https://gitlab.example.com"
 gitlab_token: "glpat-your-gitlab-token"
 gitlab_group_id: "my-team-group"
+# GitLab MR description field label used to parse ticket IDs (e.g. "Jira:")


The comment suggests configuring gitlab_ref_ticket_label with a trailing colon (e.g. "Jira:"). The parser already matches the colon after the label, so including a colon in the config value will make it look for "Jira::" and prevent ticket parsing. Update the example to "Jira" (no colon) to match the implementation.

Suggested change

# GitLab MR description field label used to parse ticket IDs (e.g. "Jira:")

# GitLab MR description field label used to parse ticket IDs (e.g. "Jira")

Copilot · 2026-02-20T23:28:58Z

README.md

 gitlab_url: "https://gitlab.example.com"
 gitlab_token: "glpat-..."
 gitlab_group_id: "my-team"
+gitlab_ref_ticket_label: "Jira"   # optional: parse ticket IDs from "Jira:" field in GitLab MR description; empty disables parsing


This README example implies the configured value might include the colon ("Jira:" field) but doesn’t explicitly say the config value should exclude it. Since the parser appends ':' in its match, clarify here that GITLAB_REF_TICKET_LABEL should be the label text without the trailing colon (e.g. Jira, not Jira:).

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gitlab_ref_ticket_label: "Jira" # optional: parse ticket IDs from "Jira:" field in GitLab MR description; empty disables parsing

gitlab_ref_ticket_label: "Jira" # optional: label text without trailing colon; parser matches "Jira:" field in GitLab MR description; empty disables parsing

Copilot · 2026-02-20T23:28:58Z

internal/integrations/gitlab/gitlab.go

+	ticket = strings.TrimLeft(ticket, "#")
+	fieldPrefix := strings.TrimSpace(fieldLabel) + "-"
+	if fieldPrefix != "-" && len(ticket) >= len(fieldPrefix) && strings.EqualFold(ticket[:len(fieldPrefix)], fieldPrefix) {
+		ticket = ticket[len(fieldPrefix):]
+	}
+	ticket = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Trim(ticket, "[]"))


normalizeTicketToken trims surrounding brackets after stripping a leading '#'. Inputs like "[#7001005]" will keep the '#' because it isn’t at the start until after trimming brackets, so the function returns "#7001005" instead of "7001005". Consider trimming brackets first (and then removing a leading '#'/prefix), and add a unit test to cover the "[#123]" form.

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ticket = strings.TrimLeft(ticket, "#")

fieldPrefix := strings.TrimSpace(fieldLabel) + "-"

if fieldPrefix != "-" && len(ticket) >= len(fieldPrefix) && strings.EqualFold(ticket[:len(fieldPrefix)], fieldPrefix) {

ticket = ticket[len(fieldPrefix):]

}

ticket = strings.TrimSpace(strings.Trim(ticket, "[]"))

// First, trim surrounding brackets so forms like "[#123]" are normalized correctly.

ticket = strings.Trim(ticket, "[]")

// Then, remove any leading '#' characters.

ticket = strings.TrimLeft(ticket, "#")

fieldPrefix := strings.TrimSpace(fieldLabel) + "-"

if fieldPrefix != "-" && len(ticket) >= len(fieldPrefix) && strings.EqualFold(ticket[:len(fieldPrefix)], fieldPrefix) {

ticket = ticket[len(fieldPrefix):]

}

ticket = strings.TrimSpace(ticket)

Copilot · 2026-02-20T23:28:58Z

internal/integrations/gitlab/gitlab.go

+		for j := i + 1; j < len(lines); j++ {
+			next := strings.TrimSpace(lines[j])
+			if next == "" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if markdownHeadingRe.MatchString(next) {
+				break
+			}
+			raw = next
+			break


When the configured field label line has no inline value, the next non-empty line is taken verbatim as the raw ticket string. If the value is provided as a markdown list item (e.g. "- #123" or "* TRACKER-123"), normalizeTicketToken won’t strip the list marker and the stored ticket ID will include the leading "-"/"". Consider stripping leading list markers ("- ", " ") from the next-line value (or handling them in normalizeTicketToken) and add a unit test for that format.

Copilot · 2026-02-20T23:28:59Z

internal/integrations/gitlab/gitlab.go

+	fieldRe := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^\s*(?:#{1,6}\s*)?(?:[-*]\s*)?(?:\*\*|__)?\s*` +
+		regexp.QuoteMeta(fieldLabel) + `\s*(?:\*\*|__)?\s*:\s*(.*)$`)
+


parseTicketIDsFromDescription compiles fieldRe with regexp.MustCompile on every call (i.e., once per MR). Since FetchMRs already computes ticketFieldLabel once, consider compiling the regexp once per fetch (or caching per label) to avoid repeated regexp compilation when importing large numbers of MRs.

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	# GitLab MR description field label used to parse ticket IDs (e.g. "Jira:")
	# GitLab MR description field label used to parse ticket IDs (e.g. "Jira")

	gitlab_ref_ticket_label: "Jira" # optional: parse ticket IDs from "Jira:" field in GitLab MR description; empty disables parsing
	gitlab_ref_ticket_label: "Jira" # optional: label text without trailing colon; parser matches "Jira:" field in GitLab MR description; empty disables parsing

		fieldRe := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^\s(?:#{1,6}\s)?(?:[-]\s)?(?:\\\|__)?\s*` +
		regexp.QuoteMeta(fieldLabel) + `\s(?:\\\|__)?\s:\s(.)$`)

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