---
title: '`glab mr approve`'
stage: Create
group: Code Review
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Approve merge requests.

## Synopsis

Defaults to the currently checked-out branch.

```plaintext
glab mr approve [<id | branch>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```console
glab mr approve 235
glab mr approve 123 345
glab mr approve branch-1
glab mr approve branch-2 branch-3

# Finds open merge request from current branch and approves it
glab mr approve
```

## Options

```plaintext
  -s, --sha string   SHA, which must match the SHA of the HEAD commit of the merge request.
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```plaintext
  -h, --help          Show help for this command.
  -R, --repo string   Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted.
```
