Opening a Gitlab URL is not supported on this OS!

[maksym-dilanian]

Prerequsities

• I'm on the latest version of the plugin
• I've installed the required dependencies
• I've run :h gitlab.nvim.troubleshooting and followed the steps there

Setup Configuration and Environment

OS version: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro (25H2)
NVIM v0.11.6
Running in Windows Terminal

Just using the default configuration from documentation:

# plugins/gitlab.lua
return {
  "harrisoncramer/gitlab.nvim",
  dependencies = {
    "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
    "sindrets/diffview.nvim",
    "stevearc/dressing.nvim", -- Recommended but not required. Better UI for pickers.
    "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- Recommended but not required. Icons in discussion tree.
  },
  build = function()
    require("gitlab.server").build(true)
  end, -- Builds the Go binary
  config = function()
    require("gitlab").setup()
  end,
}

Relying on .gitlab.nvim file in the project root.
This is a self-hosted GitLab instance.

# :checkhealth gitlab
gitlab.nvim ~
- ✅ OK Gitlab plugin is okay!

Bug Description

Open MR in browser command raises an error:

Error notify.error gitlab.nvim: Opening a Gitlab URL is not supported on this OS!

Other commands work, for example gls (Show MR summary) displays correct information about MR.

Reproduction Steps

1. Check out the feature branch
2. Open Neovim
3. glo to open MR in browser

Screenshots

[jakubbortlik]

Hi @maksym-dilanian,
this is a known limitation of the plugin. Can you try this patch? I don't use Windows, so I can't test it myself:

diff --git a/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua b/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
index a1e61a9..85ff0f1 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
@@ -668,6 +668,8 @@ M.open_in_browser = function(url)
     vim.fn.jobstart({ "open", url })
   elseif vim.fn.has("unix") == 1 then
     vim.fn.jobstart({ "xdg-open", url })
+  elseif vim.fn.has("win32") == 1 or vim.fn.has("win64") == 1 then
+    vim.fn.jobstart({ "cmd", "/c", "start", "", url })
   else
     M.notify("Opening a Gitlab URL is not supported on this OS!", vim.log.levels.ERROR)
   end

[maksym-dilanian]

This fix works, thanks!
Will it be merged?

[jakubbortlik]

I suggest you open a pull request and use your local branch until it's merged.