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

[Allen Winter]

On Sunday, May 17, 2020 12:39:29 PM EDT Allen Winter wrote:
> 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
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> % git-lab --help
> usage: git-lab [-h] {mr,diff,checkout,patch,list,feature,login,search,fork} ...
> 
To setup you need to "login" with your tokens
first, get your token:
  go to https://invent.kde.org/profile/personal_access_tokens
   * provide a name.  I used "kde"
  * select all the Scope checkboxes
  * click the "Create personal access token" box
 *  copy the resulting token string

now run these from the command line:
 % git-lab login --host invent.kde.org  --token <token>
 % git-lab login --host anongit.kde.org --token <token>

I anticipate lots of fixes coming fast for git-lab so you'll need to upgrade quite often.
% sudo pip3 install --upgrade git-lab

 
  

> 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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