GitLab Merge Requests Diff enhancer

Name: GitLab Merge Requests Diff enhancer
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: ginoaugustine

An extension that provide an option to add custom enhanced diff to gitlab merge requests

As of June 2026, GitLab Merge Requests Diff enhancer has — users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Developer Tools category.

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1.0.0

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History

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Tracking since May 13, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
May 13, 2026	8	5.00	1	1.0.0
Jun 8, 2026	7	5.00	1	1.0.0
Now	—	5.00	1	1.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: webNavigationscriptingstorage
Host access: *://*/*/*/-/merge_requests/*

Screenshots

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About

> Features

    - Users will have to configure the type of files for which advanced compare button should be displayed
    - Advanced compare URL to be invoked on button click should be also defined by user
	- Advanced compare URL also supports adding below mentioned parameter in format {parameterName}
	    - fileName : Name of the file for this compare button is displayed
		- baseProjectUrl : Group Name followed by Project Name
		- mergeReqId : Merge request Id in the URL
		- projectId : gitlab current project id
		- head_sha : Current Merge Request Head commit sha
		- base_sha : Current Merge Request Base commit sha
        - Buttons allowing to easily copy these branches name (can be enabled/disabled in the extension preferences)
    - Apart from above mentioned parameters compare url also support encode function
	   ex : encode({baseProjectUrl}) will return %2Fa%2Fb if group name is a and project name is b