GitLab Knowledge

Each team member should have a basic understanding of git and GitLab.

Git features

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/index.html

• Commits
• Branches
• Tags

GitLab Features

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/index.html

• Issues https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/issues/
• Merge requests(GitLab) / pull requests(GitHub) https://gitlab.com/help/#merge-requests https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/merge_requests/
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Artifacts
• Releases

Markdown

GitLab uses markdown within a lot of the features. Every user should have a good understanding of how to read and write markdown.

• README.md files and other documentation inside the repositories
• Issue and merge request descriptions and comments

Learn markdown.

• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html
• https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/
• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html#differences-between-gitlab-flavored-markdown-and-standard-markdown

Setup development workstation

Workstation Installs

• Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
  • https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• Git
  • https://git-scm.com/downloads

Configuration

• Secure Shell access for GitLab
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/ssh.html
  • https://medium.com/devops-with-valentine/2021-how-to-your-ssh-key-for-gitlab-on-windows-10-587579192be0