GitLab Admin and Maintainer Guide

Topics

• Creating and Protecting Branches – create branches and safeguard them with protection rules.
• Managing Protected Branches – configure protected branches and permissions.
• Enforcing Branch Naming Conventions – reject branches that do not match required patterns.
• Using CODEOWNERS for Enforced Reviews – define ownership and require approvals from code owners.
• Merge Request and Issue Templates – standardize submissions with reusable templates.
• Managing CI/CD Variables and Secrets – store, scope, and use variables in pipelines.
• Installing and Registering GitLab Runners – set up runners to execute CI/CD jobs.
• Configuring Webhooks – trigger external services when events occur.
• Merge Request Approvals – require approvals before merging.
• JIRA ID Enforcement – ensure commits reference issue IDs.
• Commit Message Format – standardize commit messages with regex rules.
• Pre-receive Hooks – enforce custom server-side checks.
• Resolving Merge Conflicts – handle conflicts via the UI or command line.
• Creating Merge Requests – open and collaborate on changes.
• Cloning Repositories – obtain a local copy of a GitLab project.

Further Reading

• GitLab Administration documentation