RepoBee and GitLab¶
As of v2.3.0, RepoBee fully supports GitLab for all commands, both on https://gitlab.com and on self-hosted GitLab instances. The functionality is new, so please report any bugs you find on the issue tracker <https://github.com/repobee/repobee/issues/new>. All of RepoBee’s system tests run against a GitLab instances, so we have every intention of continuing to improve the GitLab experience.
Note
GitLab support is currently in alpha, and may not yet be sufficiently stable for production use. Please report any issues on the issue tracker
Important
RepoBee requires GitLab 11.11 or later. This is only relevant if you have a self-hosted GitLab instance.
GitLab terminology¶
RepoBee uses GitHub terminology, as GitHub is the primary platform. It is however simple to map the terminology between the two platforms as follows:
GitHub |
GitLab |
---|---|
Organization |
Group |
Team |
Subgroup |
Repository |
Project |
Issue |
Issue |
So, if you read “target organization” in the documentation, that translates directly to “target group” when using GitLab. Although there are a few practical differences, the concepts on both platforms are similar enough that it makes no difference as far as using RepoBee goes. You can read more about differences and similarities in this GitLab blog post.
How to use RepoBee with GitLab¶
You must use the gitlab
plugin for RepoBee to be able to interface with
GitLab. See Installing plugins (the install action) for instructions on how to use plugins.
Provide the url to a GitLab instance host (not to the api endpoint, just to
the host) as an argument to --bu|--base-url
, or put it in the config file as
the value for option base_url
. Other than that, there are a few important
differences between GitHub and GitLab that the user should be aware of.
As noted, the base url should be provided to the host of the GitLab instance, and not to any specific endpoint (as is the case when using GitHub). When using
github.com
for example, the url should be provided asbase_url = https://gitlab.com
in the config.The
org-name
andtemplate-org-name
arguments should be given the path of the respective groups. If you create a group with a long name, GitLab may shorten the path automatically. For example, I created the grouprepobee-master-repos
, and it got the pathrepobee-master
. You can find your path by going to the landing page of your group and checking the URL: the path is the last part. You can change the path manually by going to your group, then Settings->General->Path,transfer,remove and changing the group path.
Getting an access token for GitLab¶
Creating a personal access token token for a GitLab API is just as easy as
creating one for GitHub. Just follow these instructions. The
scopes you need to tick are api
, read_user
, read_repository
and
write_repository
. That’s it!