README.md
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
Resources
GitLab.org community site: Homepage Screenshots Blog Demo
GitLab.com: Homepage Hosted pricing Services Blog
GitLab CI: Readme of the GitLab open-source continuous integration server
Requirements
- Ubuntu/Debian*
- ruby 1.9.3+
- MySQL
- git
- gitlab-shell
redis
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 Vargrant virtual machine is recommended for development since it makes it much easier to set up all the dependencies for integration testing.
Starting
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
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.