Add force_merge to merge request and fix checking mergable

routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go

@@ -767,11 +767,18 @@ func MergePullRequest(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	manuallMerge := repo_model.MergeStyle(form.Do) == repo_model.MergeStyleManuallyMerged
-	force := form.ForceMerge != nil && *form.ForceMerge
+	manuallyMerged := repo_model.MergeStyle(form.Do) == repo_model.MergeStyleManuallyMerged
+
+	mergeCheckType := pull_service.MergeCheckTypeGeneral
+	if form.MergeWhenChecksSucceed {
+		mergeCheckType = pull_service.MergeCheckTypeAuto
+	}
+	if manuallyMerged {
+		mergeCheckType = pull_service.MergeCheckTypeManually
+	}
 
 	// start with merging by checking
-	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, ctx.Doer, &ctx.Repo.Permission, pr, manuallMerge, force); err != nil {
+	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, ctx.Doer, &ctx.Repo.Permission, pr, mergeCheckType, form.ForceMerge); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, pull_service.ErrIsClosed) {
 			ctx.NotFound()
 		} else if errors.Is(err, pull_service.ErrUserNotAllowedToMerge) {
@@ -793,7 +800,7 @@ func MergePullRequest(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 
 	// handle manually-merged mark
-	if manuallMerge {
+	if manuallyMerged {
 		if err := pull_service.MergedManually(pr, ctx.Doer, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, form.MergeCommitID); err != nil {
 			if models.IsErrInvalidMergeStyle(err) {
 				ctx.Error(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, "Invalid merge style", fmt.Errorf("%s is not allowed an allowed merge style for this repository", repo_model.MergeStyle(form.Do)))

routers/web/repo/pull.go

@@ -926,11 +926,19 @@ func MergePullRequest(ctx *context.Context) {
 	pr := issue.PullRequest
 	pr.Issue = issue
 	pr.Issue.Repo = ctx.Repo.Repository
-	manualMerge := repo_model.MergeStyle(form.Do) == repo_model.MergeStyleManuallyMerged
-	forceMerge := form.ForceMerge != nil && *form.ForceMerge
+
+	manuallyMerged := repo_model.MergeStyle(form.Do) == repo_model.MergeStyleManuallyMerged
+
+	mergeCheckType := pull_service.MergeCheckTypeGeneral
+	if form.MergeWhenChecksSucceed {
+		mergeCheckType = pull_service.MergeCheckTypeAuto
+	}
+	if manuallyMerged {
+		mergeCheckType = pull_service.MergeCheckTypeManually
+	}
 
 	// start with merging by checking
-	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, ctx.Doer, &ctx.Repo.Permission, pr, manualMerge, forceMerge); err != nil {
+	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, ctx.Doer, &ctx.Repo.Permission, pr, mergeCheckType, form.ForceMerge); err != nil {
 		switch {
 		case errors.Is(err, pull_service.ErrIsClosed):
 			if issue.IsPull {
@@ -962,7 +970,7 @@ func MergePullRequest(ctx *context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// handle manually-merged mark
-	if manualMerge {
+	if manuallyMerged {
 		if err := pull_service.MergedManually(pr, ctx.Doer, ctx.Repo.GitRepo, form.MergeCommitID); err != nil {
 			switch {
 

services/automerge/automerge.go

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func handlePull(pullID int64, sha string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, doer, &perm, pr, false, false); err != nil {
+	if err := pull_service.CheckPullMergable(ctx, doer, &perm, pr, pull_service.MergeCheckTypeGeneral, false); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(pull_service.ErrUserNotAllowedToMerge, err) {
 			log.Info("%-v was scheduled to automerge by an unauthorized user", pr)
 			return

services/forms/repo_form.go

@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ type MergePullRequestForm struct {
 	MergeMessageField      string
 	MergeCommitID          string // only used for manually-merged
 	HeadCommitID           string `json:"head_commit_id,omitempty"`
-	ForceMerge             *bool  `json:"force_merge,omitempty"`
+	ForceMerge             bool   `json:"force_merge,omitempty"`
 	MergeWhenChecksSucceed bool   `json:"merge_when_checks_succeed,omitempty"`
 	DeleteBranchAfterMerge bool   `json:"delete_branch_after_merge,omitempty"`
 }

services/pull/check.go

@@ -59,8 +59,16 @@ func AddToTaskQueue(pr *issues_model.PullRequest) {
 	}
 }
 
+type MergeCheckType int
+
+const (
+	MergeCheckTypeGeneral  MergeCheckType = iota // general merge checks for "merge", "rebase", "squash", etc
+	MergeCheckTypeManually                       // Manually Merged button (mark a PR as merged manually)
+	MergeCheckTypeAuto                           // Auto Merge (Scheduled Merge) After Checks Succeed
+)
+
 // CheckPullMergable check if the pull mergable based on all conditions (branch protection, merge options, ...)
-func CheckPullMergable(stdCtx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, perm *access_model.Permission, pr *issues_model.PullRequest, manuallMerge, force bool) error {
+func CheckPullMergable(stdCtx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, perm *access_model.Permission, pr *issues_model.PullRequest, mergeCheckType MergeCheckType, adminSkipProtectionCheck bool) error {
 	return db.WithTx(stdCtx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if pr.HasMerged {
 			return ErrHasMerged
@@ -80,8 +88,8 @@ func CheckPullMergable(stdCtx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, perm *acce
 			return ErrUserNotAllowedToMerge
 		}
 
-		if manuallMerge {
-			// don't check rules to "auto merge", doer is going to mark this pull as merged manually
+		if mergeCheckType == MergeCheckTypeManually {
+			// if doer is doing "manually merge" (mark as merged manually), do not check anything
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -103,14 +111,25 @@ func CheckPullMergable(stdCtx context.Context, doer *user_model.User, perm *acce
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if !force {
-				return err
+			// Now the branch protection check failed, check whether the failure could be skipped (skip by setting err = nil)
+
+			// * when doing Auto Merge (Scheduled Merge After Checks Succeed), skip the branch protection check
+			if mergeCheckType == MergeCheckTypeAuto {
+				err = nil
+			}
+
+			// * if the doer is admin, they could skip the branch protection check
+			if adminSkipProtectionCheck {
+				if isRepoAdmin, errCheckAdmin := access_model.IsUserRepoAdmin(ctx, pr.BaseRepo, doer); errCheckAdmin != nil {
+					log.Error("Unable to check if %-v is a repo admin in %-v: %v", doer, pr.BaseRepo, errCheckAdmin)
+					return errCheckAdmin
+				} else if isRepoAdmin {
+					err = nil // repo admin can skip the check, so clear the error
+				}
 			}
 
-			if isRepoAdmin, err2 := access_model.IsUserRepoAdmin(ctx, pr.BaseRepo, doer); err2 != nil {
-				log.Error("Unable to check if %-v is a repo admin in %-v: %v", doer, pr.BaseRepo, err2)
-				return err2
-			} else if !isRepoAdmin {
+			// If there is still a branch protection check error, return it
+			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}

web_src/js/components/PullRequestMergeForm.vue

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <input type="hidden" name="_csrf" :value="csrfToken">
         <input type="hidden" name="head_commit_id" v-model="mergeForm.pullHeadCommitID">
         <input type="hidden" name="merge_when_checks_succeed" v-model="autoMergeWhenSucceed">
+        <input type="hidden" name="force_merge" v-model="forceMerge">
 
         <template v-if="!mergeStyleDetail.hideMergeMessageTexts">
           <div class="field">
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export default {
       textDoMerge: '',
       mergeTitleFieldText: '',
       mergeMessageFieldText: '',
+      hideAutoMerge: false,
     },
     mergeStyleAllowedCount: 0,
 
@@ -141,7 +143,10 @@ export default {
     mergeButtonStyleClass() {
       if (this.mergeForm.allOverridableChecksOk) return 'green';
       return this.autoMergeWhenSucceed ? 'blue' : 'red';
-    }
+    },
+    forceMerge() {
+      return this.mergeForm.canMergeNow && !this.mergeForm.allOverridableChecksOk;
+    },
   },
   watch: {
     mergeStyle(val) {