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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -1,44 +1,54 @@ # Clone a GitLab Group When working with a distributed system made of many code repositories, it is tedious to clone each repository manually. Below is how you could clone an entire GitLab group of repositories in one go. ## 1. Install `glab` Install the GitLab CLI `glab` by following the instructions at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/#installation. ## 2. Create a Personal Access Token Generate a personal access token with at least the api and write_repository scopes from your GitLab instance. ## 3. Configure TLS (if needed) If your GitLab instance uses a self-signed certificate, either install the appropriate certificates or configure glab to skip TLS verification. ```sh glab config set skip_tls_verify true --host gitlab.example.com ``` ## 4. Authenticate with GitLab Authenticate using `glab auth login`. Here’s a sample session: ```sh $ glab auth login ? What GitLab instance do you want to sign in to? GitLab Self-Managed or GitLab Dedicated instance ? GitLab hostname: gitlab.example.com ? API hostname: gitlab.example.com - Signing into gitlab.example.com ? How would you like to sign in? Token Tip: generate a personal access token at https://gitlab.example.com/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens?scopes=api,write_repository. The minimum required scopes are 'api' and 'write_repository'. ? Paste your authentication token: ************************** ? Choose default Git protocol: SSH ? Choose host API protocol: HTTPS - glab config set -h gitlab.example.com git_protocol ssh ✓ Configured Git protocol. - glab config set -h gitlab.example.com api_protocol https ✓ Configured API protocol. ✓ Logged in as johndoe ✓ Configuration saved to /Users/johndoe/.config/glab-cli/config.yml ``` ## 5. Clone the Group Use the following command to clone all repositories under a GitLab group. ```sh # This clones all repositories under https://gitlab.example.com/foo GITLAB_HOST=gitlab.example.com glab repo clone -g foo --paginate ``` -
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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ # Cloning GitLab Group When working with a distributed system made of many code repositories, it is tedious to clone each repository manually. Below is how you could clone an entire GitLab group of repositories in one go. 1. Install GitLab CLI `glab` following installation steps in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli/#installation. 2. Create a personal access token 3. If the GitLab instance has self-signed certificate, set to skip TLS or install the necessary certificates. ```sh glab config set skip_tls_verify true --host gitlab.wltheng.com ``` 4. Authenticate via `glab` auth login. Below is a sample. ```sh $ glab auth login ? What GitLab instance do you want to sign in to? GitLab Self-Managed or GitLab Dedicated instance ? GitLab hostname: gitlab.wltheng.com ? API hostname: gitlab.wltheng.com - Signing into gitlab.wltheng.com ? How would you like to sign in? Token Tip: generate a personal access token at https://gitlab.wltheng.com/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens?scopes=api,write_repository. The minimum required scopes are 'api' and 'write_repository'. ? Paste your authentication token: ************************** ? Choose default Git protocol: SSH ? Choose host API protocol: HTTPS - glab config set -h gitlab.wltheng.com git_protocol ssh ✓ Configured Git protocol. - glab config set -h gitlab.wltheng.com api_protocol https ✓ Configured API protocol. ✓ Logged in as johndoe ✓ Configuration saved to /Users/johndoe/.config/glab-cli/config.yml ``` 5. Use `glab repo clone -g <group> --paginate` to clone a group. ```sh # This clones all repositories under https://gitlab.wltheng.com/foo GITLAB_HOST=gitlab.wltheng.com glab repo clone -g foo --paginate ```