**Purpose:**

The goal of this integration is to make GitLab's units of work (merge requests and issues) manageable from within OpenProject by

1. linking GitLab's _merge requests_ with work packages and
2. linking GitLab's _issues_ with work packages.

**Approach:**

* [ ] CLA
* [ ] <mention class="mention" data-id="42086" data-type="user" data-text="@Wieland Lindenthal">@Wieland Lindenthal</mention> Clarify how is necessary
* [ ] Code review of the existing GitLab plugin
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Setting it up with some GitLab account
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Check security aspects
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Find out what crucial/vital tests are missing
* [ ] Coming up with a migration path for existing plugin installations Begin of the insertion###53220End of the insertion
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Write tests
* Begin of the insertion[x]End of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ]End of the deletion Only the most vital ones. Keeping in mind that this code is already in production on some people&#39;s servers. It should work.
* [ ] Write basic setup docs for admins.
* Begin of the insertion[x] ~~ConsolidateEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion [ ] ConsolidateEnd of the deletion with GitHub integration and remove code duplication, wherever it is worth Begin of the insertionit.~~End of the insertion Begin of the deletion it.End of the deletion

**Out of scope:**

* Full test coverage
* Adoption of Primer design system
* Further features