GitLab: self hosted Git management software
GitLab allows you to
- keep your code secure on your own server
- manage repositories, users and access permissions
- communicate though issues, line-comments and wiki's
- perform code reviews with merge requests
GitLab is
- powered by Ruby on Rails
- completely free and open source (MIT license)
- used by 10.000 organization to keep their code secure
Code status
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ci.gitlab.org (master branch)
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travis-ci.org (master branch)
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Resources
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GitLab.org community site: Homepage Screenshots Blog Demo
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GitLab.com: Homepage Hosted pricing Services Blog
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GitLab CI: Readme of the GitLab open-source continuous integration server
Requirements
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Ubuntu/Debian*
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ruby 1.9.3+
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MySQL
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git
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gitlab-shell
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redis
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More details are in the requirements doc
Installation
You can either follow the "ordinary" Installation guide to install it on a machine or use the Vagrant virtual machine. The Installation guide is recommended to set up a production server. The Vagrant virtual machine is recommended for development since it makes it much easier to set up all the dependencies for integration testing.
Starting
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The Installation guide contains instructions to download an init script and run that on boot. With the init script you can also start GitLab with:
sudo service gitlab start
or
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab restart-
Start it with Foreman in development model
bundle exec foreman start -p 3000 -
Start it manually in development mode
bundle exec rails s bundle exec rake sidekiq:start
Running the tests
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Seed the database with
bundle exec rake db:setup RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:seed_fu RAILS_ENV=test -
Run all tests
bundle exec rake gitlab:test -
Rspec unit and functional tests
bundle exec rake spec -
Spinach integration tests
bundle exec rake spinach
Getting help
New versions and the API
Each month on the 22th a new version is released together with an upgrade guide.