Indeed, the master branch is special. How does an average, everyday user of GitLab merge code into the master branch? The answer is to issue a GitLab pull request. A developer must log into the GitLab ...

attackers were able to plant hidden prompts within various parts of GitLab projects, including merge request descriptions, commit messages, and issue comments — even inside the source code ...

If the merge request is approved without conflict, the GitLab master will merge into the branch, and both the master and release branches will be in sync. The source code and sample project used for ...