Description

Milestones are used for arranging issues and merge requests into a determined group which can achieved within a specified amount of time by setting a start and due date.

Steps for Creating Milestones

Step 1 − Login to your GitLab account, go to your project and click on the Milestones option under Issues tab −

Step 2 − Click on the New milestone button −

Step 3 − Now enter the title, description, start and due date and click on Create milestone button as shown in the below image −

Step 4 − After creating a milestone, it will display a message saying ”Assign some issues to this milestone” as shown below −

Step 5 − Now go to Issues tab and click on the New issue button to create an issue for the milestone −

Step 6 − Now, fill the information such as title, description and if you want, you can select a user to assign an issue, milestone, labels upon operation or could be choose by developers themselves later. Click on the Submit issue button.

Step 7 − After creating a issue, you will get overview of an issue along with title and description. At right side, click on Edit option and assign milestone for the issue under Milestone section −

Step 8 − Now go back to Milestones section and you will see the added milestone along with created issue −