git + lab = gitlab

lab is a command line tool that wrap git in order to extend it with extra features and commands that make working with GitLab easier.

$ git lab clone numa08/dejiko

# extends to:
$ git clone git://${gitlab.url}/numa08/dejiko.git

Installation

Mac OS X

With go-lang already installed:

$ brew install libgit2
$ go get gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v22
$ go get github.com/plouc/go-gitlab-client
$ go get github.com/codegangsta/cli
$ make build

Finally, move build/git-lab somewhere in $PATH.

Archlinux

There is an aur package called git-gitlab.

Configure

Set the value of Gitlab-url and token.

$ git config --global gitlab.url http://gitlab.example.com

$ git config --global gitlab.token GITLAB_SECRET_TOKEN

then, set gitlab namespace and project.

$ git config gitlab.project [NAMESPACE]/[PROJECT]

Commands

git clone

$ git lab clone numa08/dejiko
> git clone git://{gitlab.url}/numa08/dejiko

$ git lab clone -p numa08/dejiko
> git clone git@{gitlab.url}/:numa08/dejiko

merge request

$ git lab merge-request -b basebranch -h headbranch
>open text editor to edit title and body
>open pull request on GitLab

$ git merge-request -b forked:branch -h origin:branch -m "Fix issue #xxx"

git merge

$ git lab merge [MERGE_REQUEST_ID]

git show

$ git lab show -- issue/10
> open http://gitlab.example.com/NAMESPACE/PROJECT/issues/10

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