GitLab Integration

Patterns for interacting with GitLab via the glab CLI.

Authentication

Check Auth Status

glab auth status

Login

glab auth login
glab auth login --token <token>

Merge Requests

Create MR

# Basic
glab mr create --title "Title" --description "Description"

# With target branch
glab mr create --title "Title" --target-branch main

# With labels and assignee
glab mr create --title "Title" --label "feature,priority:high" --assignee username

# Draft MR
glab mr create --title "Draft: Title" --draft

Create MR via Push Options

git push -o merge_request.create \
         -o merge_request.target=<branch> \
         -o merge_request.title="Title" \
         -o merge_request.description="Description" \
         -o merge_request.label="label1,label2" \
         -o merge_request.assignee="username" \
         -o merge_request.remove_source_branch

List MRs

glab mr list                          # All open MRs
glab mr list --state opened|merged|closed
glab mr list --target-branch=main
glab mr list --author=username
glab mr list --assignee=@me
glab mr list --label="feature"

View MR

glab mr view <id>                     # View details
glab mr view <id> --comments          # View with comments
glab mr view <id> --web               # View in browser
glab mr diff <id>                     # View diff

Update MR

glab mr update <id> --title "New Title"
glab mr update <id> --description "New description"
glab mr update <id> --label "new-label"
glab mr update <id> --ready           # Mark ready (remove draft)

MR Actions

glab mr approve <id>
glab mr merge <id>
glab mr merge <id> --squash
glab mr close <id>
glab mr reopen <id>

MR Comments

glab mr comment <id> --message "Comment text"
glab mr note <id> "Note text"

Issues

List Issues

glab issue list                       # All open issues
glab issue list --state opened|closed
glab issue list --label "bug"
glab issue list --assignee @me

View Issue

glab issue view <id>
glab issue view <id> --comments
glab issue view <id> --web

Create Issue

glab issue create --title "Title" --description "Description"
glab issue create --title "Title" --label "bug,priority:high"

Update Issue

glab issue update <id> --title "New Title"
glab issue close <id>
glab issue reopen <id>

CI/CD

Pipeline Status

glab ci status                        # Current pipeline status
glab ci view                          # View pipeline
glab ci view <pipeline_id>            # View specific pipeline

Job Operations

glab ci trace <job_id>                # View job logs
glab ci list                          # List jobs

Pipeline Actions

glab ci retry <pipeline_id>           # Retry failed pipeline
glab ci cancel <pipeline_id>          # Cancel running pipeline
glab ci run                           # Run new pipeline

CI Config Validation

glab ci lint .gitlab-ci.yml

Repository

Clone

glab repo clone <repo>

View

glab repo view
glab repo view --web

Fork

glab repo fork <repo>

Project Configuration

View Project

glab project view

List Variables

glab variable list

API Access

Direct API Calls

# GET request
glab api projects/:id/merge_requests

# POST request
glab api projects/:id/issues --method POST --field title="Title"

Useful Patterns

Check MR Before Push

glab mr list --source-branch=$(git branch --show-current)

Monitor CI After Push

git push origin HEAD
sleep 5
glab ci status

Quick MR Workflow

git checkout -b feature/quick-fix
# ... make changes ...
git add . && git commit -m "fix: quick fix"
git push -o merge_request.create \
         -o merge_request.target=main \
         -o merge_request.title="fix: quick fix"

Troubleshooting