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# GitLab Todos
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> [Introduced][ce-2817] in GitLab 8.5.
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When you log into GitLab, you normally want to see where you should spend your
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time and take some action, or what you need to keep an eye on. All without the
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mess of a huge pile of e-mail notifications. GitLab is where you do your work,
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so being able to get started quickly is very important.
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Todos is a chronological list of to-dos that are waiting for your input, all
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in a simple dashboard.
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![Todos screenshot showing a list of items to check on](img/todos_index.png)
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You can quickly access the Todos dashboard using the bell icon next to the
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search bar in the upper right corner. The number in blue is the number of Todos
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you still have open if the count is < 100, else it's 99+. The exact number
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will still be shown in the body of the _To do_ tab.
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![Todos icon](img/todos_icon.png)
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## What triggers a Todo
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A Todo appears in your Todos dashboard when:
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- an issue or merge request is assigned to you,
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- you are `@mentioned` in an issue or merge request, be it the description of
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the issue/merge request or in a comment,
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- you are `@mentioned` in a comment on a commit,
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- a job in the CI pipeline running for your merge request failed, but this
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job is not allowed to fail.
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- an open merge request becomes unmergeable due to conflict, and you are either:
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- the author, or
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- have set it to automatically merge once pipeline succeeds.
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### Directly addressed Todos
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> [Introduced][ce-7926] in GitLab 9.0.
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If you are mentioned at the start of a line, the todo you receive will be listed
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as 'directly addressed'. For instance, in this comment:
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```markdown
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@alice What do you think? cc: @bob
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- @carol can you please have a look?
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>>>
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@dan what do you think?
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>>>
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@erin @frank thank you!
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```
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The people receiving directly addressed todos are `@alice`, `@erin`, and
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`@frank`. Directly addressed todos only differ from mention todos in their type,
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for filtering; otherwise, they appear as normal.
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### Manually creating a Todo
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You can also add an issue or merge request to your Todos dashboard by clicking
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the "Add todo" button in the issue or merge request sidebar.
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![Adding a Todo from the issuable sidebar](img/todos_add_todo_sidebar.png)
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## Marking a Todo as done
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Any action to the corresponding issue or merge request will mark your Todo as
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**Done**. Actions that dismiss Todos include:
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- changing the assignee
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- changing the milestone
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- adding/removing a label
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- commenting on the issue
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Todos are personal, and they're only marked as done if the action is coming from
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you. If you close the issue or merge request, your Todo will automatically
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be marked as done.
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If someone else closes, merges, or takes action on the issue or merge
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request, your Todo will remain pending. This prevents other users from closing issues without you being notified.
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There is just one Todo per issue or merge request, so mentioning a user a
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hundred times in an issue will only trigger one Todo.
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If no action is needed, you can manually mark the Todo as done by clicking the
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corresponding **Done** button, and it will disappear from your Todo list.
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![A Todo in the Todos dashboard](img/todo_list_item.png)
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A Todo can also be marked as done from the issue or merge request sidebar using
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the "Mark todo as done" button.
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![Mark todo as done from the issuable sidebar](img/todos_mark_done_sidebar.png)
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You can mark all your Todos as done at once by clicking on the **Mark all as
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done** button.
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## Filtering your Todos
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There are four kinds of filters you can use on your Todos dashboard.
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| Filter | Description |
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| ------- | ----------- |
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| Project | Filter by project |
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| Author | Filter by the author that triggered the Todo |
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| Type | Filter by issue or merge request |
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| Action | Filter by the action that triggered the Todo |
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You can also filter by more than one of these at the same time. The possible Actions are `Any Action`, `Assigned`, `Mentioned`, `Added`, `Pipelines`, and `Directly Addressed`, [as described above](#what-triggers-a-todo).
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[ce-2817]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2817
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[ce-7926]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7926
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