title: How to pull/merge request in Visual Studio 2017?
body: <p>We're using on-prem gitlab, using merge requests for verification of not having messed up.<br>
  Each time we wanna request merge, we have to go through the gitlab web UI. </p>
  
  <p>It's not bad per sé, but it would be nice to actually open a merge/pull request from within visual studio. </p>
  
  <p>Can I somehow do that from within Team Explorer, without installing an extra gitlab extension?</p>
  
  <p>Would also be nice to be able to do pull requests for github projects.</p>