Dashboard Comment
When a new PR/MR is created, Gitar posts a comment used for status updates and controls. Gitar posts status updates about its activity by updating this comment in realtime. You can control default behavior like enabling automatic CI failure fixing etc.CI Failure Analysis & Fixes
When CI fails, Gitar automatically analyzes the failure and posts a comment explaining why. The analysis identifies root causes and provides context before attempting any fixes. You can review the analysis to understand what went wrong, then:- Check
[ ] Automatically accept suggestionsto let Gitar automatically fix the issue - Push your own fix with the context from the analysis
- Comment
Gitar <specific instruction>for a targeted fix
Address Review Comments
Start comments withGitar and Gitar will address the comment and push a fix. Gitar only processes comments from users with repository write access for security reasons. Be specific and actionable in your requests.
Gitar reacts to your comment with a eyes emoji to indicate it has started working on it.
Example
Here is an example of Gitar fixing CI failures and addressing user comments on a PR. After the initial message, a user posts a request via a comment. Gitar acknowledges it is looking at the request. CI has also failed because of test failures. After a few minutes, Gitar resolves both issues and pushes commits to the PR and explains what it did. At this point, the user comment as well as CI failures are solved. CI is green and the PR is ready for merging.Troubleshooting
Gitar Isn't Responding to Comments
Gitar Isn't Responding to Comments
If Gitar isn’t responding to your comments, verify:
- Your comment begins with
Gitar(case insensitive) to trigger a response - You have write access to the repository (only users with write access can trigger Gitar responses)
- The
[ ] Automatically accept suggestionsbox is checked in the welcome message
CI Still Failing After Gitar's Fixes
CI Still Failing After Gitar's Fixes
If CI continues to fail after Gitar’s attempts:
- Multiple iterations may be needed — complex CI failures sometimes require several rounds of fixes
- Gitar will automatically iterate on new CI failures to resolve them and make CI green
- Provide additional context by commenting with more details about the specific failure
- Gitar maintains full context of your PR/MR throughout its lifetime, so you can comment to steer behavior at any time
- Consider configuring repository instructions on how to best use your build environments and development practices by giving it custom AI rules