gh-dash/Q/How do I do the equivalent of Merge without waiting for requirements to be met (bypass rules) or use --admin?

• How do I do the equivalent of Merge without waiting for requirements to be met (bypass rules) or use --admin in gh-dash?

  • AI Answer

    • Short answer: The built-in m merge (builtin: merge) shells out to plain gh pr merge — it has no admin/bypass option. Override m (or bind another key) with a custom PR command that passes --admin, using the same template vars the official examples use.

    • Config override

      • In ~/.config/gh-dash/config.yml (or a repo-local .gh-dash.yml):
      • yaml

        keybindings:
          prs:
            - key: m
              name: merge admin
              command: gh pr merge --admin --repo {{.RepoName}} {{.PrNumber}}

      • {{.RepoName}} and {{.PrNumber}} are the standard PR keybinding placeholders; keep --repo so the merge works when the dashboard is not launched from that checkout.
      • Prefer a different key (e.g. M) if you want to keep the default interactive merge on m and reserve admin merge for an explicit chord.

    • Why the checkbox is missing

      • GitHub's web UI "Merge without waiting for requirements to be met (bypass rules)" maps to administrator privileges on the API side — the CLI equivalent is gh pr merge --admin.
      • gh-dash's built-in merge action does not surface that flag; only a custom command: can.
    • Answer/Official from PR Keybindings and the configuration examples (the docs' own sample binds m to gh pr merge --admin --repo {{.RepoName}} {{.PrNumber}}).