Gitlab Tips&Tricks ( Was: Transition to Gitlab Complete)

[Allen Winter]

sudo pip3 install git+https://invent.kde.org/jbbgameich/git-lab
for more info: https://jbbgameich.github.io/misc/2020/04/16/git-lab.html

% git-lab --help
usage: git-lab [-h] {mr,diff,checkout,patch,list,feature,login,search,fork} ...

The arcanist of GitLab.

positional arguments:
  {mr,diff,checkout,patch,list,feature,login,search,fork}
    mr (diff)           Create a new merge request for the current branch
    checkout (patch)    check out a remote merge request
    list                List open merge requests
    feature             Create branches and list branches
    login               Save a token for a GitLab token
    search              Search for a repository
    fork                Create a fork of the project

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

On Sunday, May 17, 2020 11:30:42 AM EDT Allen Winter wrote:
> On Sunday, May 17, 2020 10:48:14 AM EDT Allen Winter wrote:
> > go to https://invent.kde.org/pim and you can set the Watch for all pim projects at once
> > (don't know if it works yet since there hasn't been any activity)
> > 
> > https://invent.kde.org/profile/notifications to set notifications on any of the top-level groups
> > 
> > I wanted to set the avatar for KOrganizer but I guess only the Maintainer can do that.
> > I don't think any projects have been given Maintainership yet.
> > 
> Set Project Avatar:
> Add a file logo.png to the top-level of the project repository.
> Done for KOrganizer => copied the korganizer breeze-icon (converted the svg to png)
> 
> > Please pass along any howtos/tips/tricks.
> > 
> > I'm excited and happy about this move.
> > -Allen
> > 
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> > 
> > Subject: Transition to Gitlab Complete
> > Date: Sunday, May 17, 2020, 6:47:35 AM EDT
> > From: Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org>
> > To: kde-cvs-announce at kde.org, kde-devel <kde-devel at kde.org>
> > 
> > Good morning all,
> > 
> > Over the past 24 hours Sysadmin has been busy working on transitioning
> > everything from git.kde.org over to invent.kde.org (Gitlab) a process
> > which we have now essentially completed.
> > All repositories with the exception of personal (scratch and clone)
> > repositories have been migrated successfully now. We intend to migrate
> > the remaining personal repositories over the coming week.
> > 
> > You should all be aware of the following:
> > 
> > -- Work Branches --
> > 
> > As part of the transition to Gitlab, we have also simultaneously
> > rolled out work branches.
> > 
> > These are branches that live within the normal repositories, but do
> > not have notification hooks triggered on them. This means that they
> > will not close bugs, send email or be announced on IRC. As such, they
> > can also be force pushed.
> > Any branch prefixed with the name 'work/' is considered to be a work branch.
> > 
> > It is important to note that the server will enforce a maximum number
> > of 100 commits divergence between a work branch and any other normal
> > branch (those not prefixed with work/) in the repository.
> > This is necessary to protect our systems when the work branch is
> > merged to a normal/release branch (which is when the hooks will
> > process all of those commits)
> > 
> > We therefore do not recommend work branches for long term work such as
> > GSoC projects or other significant items of work - normal branches
> > should be used for these.
> > 
> > All other branches will continue to be subject to normal commit hook
> > processing, and cannot be force pushed.
> > 
> > -- Migration Helpers --
> > 
> > To assist with the migration to Gitlab, Sysadmin earlier mentioned a
> > series of helper tools which could be used to clone repositories
> > conveniently from Gitlab as well as migrate existing clones.
> > 
> > To set these up, you will need a clone of 'sysadmin/repo-metadata' on
> > your local system, along with Python3 and PyYAML (packaged as
> > python3-yaml on most distributions) installed on your system.
> > Once you have these, add the folder 'git-helpers' in
> > 'sysadmin/repo-metadata' to $PATH and you should be good to go.
> > 
> > Please note that 'git kpull' at the moment is only able to perform the
> > initial migration from anongit.kde.org/git.kde.org to invent.kde.org
> > urls.
> > Additional patches to improve this are welcome.
> > 
> > -- Conclusion --
> > 
> > Apologies for the disruption this caused - please note that a number
> > of systems that work closely with the Git repositories are in the
> > process of catching up with the transition at the moment.
> > During this time there may be some disruption to them, however we hope
> > that this will all be completed over the coming week.
> > 
> > Should anyone have any questions regarding this, please let us know
> > (via sysadmin at kde.org)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Ben Cooksley
> > KDE Sysadmin
> > 
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