Gitlab Social Sciences

Gitlab Social Sciences

Development status	Active
Operating system	any
Platform	Microsoft Windows, MacOSX, Linux
License	MIT License
Website	gitlab.socsci.ru.nl
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The Social Sciences GitLab server offers Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis.

Features

With GitLab you can easily manage your projects, synchronize your code between computers, or create wiki-pages for documentation. Whether you write code or a paper, you can review, deploy, or document your project together with others. You can create at least 50 projects, and you can make them private, or share them with your lab members, or even the entire Internet.

Think of GitLab as a "Facebook" around your projects. Similar services include e.g. GitHub.com or [https:gitlab.com GitLab.com]. In contrast to these services, GitLab Social Sciences is self-hosted by the Radboud University, so we determine our own terms of use. For example, here you can create 50 private projects; on GitHub, this would cost significant amounts of money.

Requirements

• A GitLab account:
  • Everyone from Radboud University can login (with their U-, S-, E- or F-number).
  • External users can ask for an account and then login with their username (switch to the "Standard" tab in the Sign-In page).
• For most tasks, you should also install Git on your computer.

External Users

If you want to allow people without Radboud University account to access and contribute to your Gitlab project, you can request a standard user account by sending an email to Johannes Keyser (DCC) or Eric Lieffers (ISC).
Be sure to include the following information:

Username

Email adres

Full Name

Configuration

The following instructions are for the command line interface. If you are using a graphical user interface (e.g. a desktop client), please consult its documentation for further instructions.

Global Setup

$ git config --global user.name "your-username-here"
$ git config --global user.email "your-email-address-here"

Your username will be visible when pushing a commit to the Gitlab server. Your email address should be the same as your primary Radboud email address, or if you are an external user, the one provided in your user request.

Usage

The following instructions are for the command line interface. If you are using a graphical user interface (e.g. a desktop client), please consult its documentation for further instructions. When creating a new project in the web interface, you will also be given these instructions.

Creating a new repository

$ mkdir newproject
$ cd newproject
$ git init
$ touch README.md
$ git add README.md
$ git commit -m "initial commit"
$ git remote add origin git@gitlab.socsci.ru.nl:username/newproject.git
$ git push -u origin master

Substitute 'newproject' with your project name and 'username' with your username.

Push an existing Git repository

$ cd existing-git-repo
$ git remote add origin git@gitlab.socsci.ru.nl:username/newproject.git
$ git push -u origin master

Substitute 'newproject' with your project name.

Troubleshoot

Some users will see the following message when they want to make a remote connection with SSH. (existing repository) When you see the below message you will need to say yes.

$ Warning: the ECDSA host key for 'gitlab.socsci.ru.nl' differs from the key for the IP address 'x.x.x.x'
$ Offending key for IP in /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:23 Matching host key in /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:13 
$ Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes

Remote SSH connection should now be established.

For other technical issues you can contact Eric Lieffers (Server Administrator)

Git Clients

You can find the git clients for various operating systems here. Additionally, you may be able to find a Git plugin for your code editor of choice.

External Links

• Official Website