GitLab server
GitLab server
The University provides every student with a fully working Version Control system called GitLab:
Please note that you should only use this server to store files related to University coursework. Personal or word related files should not be stored on this server.
Getting started
Signing in
You can sign in using your usual university credentials. Make sure that you select the "LDAP" tab on the "Sign in" screen:
Creating a project
Your next step is to create a "Project" that will contain your work. Click on the "+ New Project" button.
And populate the following fields:
- Project Name
- Description
- Visibility Level
Important: The Visibility Level should be set to "Private" for all assessment-related work. Any other Visibility Level would allow other students to look at and clone your work, which equates to Collusion under the University's Academic Misconduct regulations.
Set the Project's Visibility level to "Private" and then manually invite new project members, via the Project's settings:
Creating your first repository
When visiting your project's homepage you are presented with some command line Git code that you should use to create your first repository. Please note that you get 2 access options:
- SSH
- HTTPS
We'll look that HTTPS for now, so click the "HTTPS" button near the top.
Your project's homepage should contain code similar to this one:
Git global setup
git config --global user.name "in9352" git config --global user.email "alix.bergeret@wlv.ac.uk"
Create a new repository
mkdir great-work-by-alix cd great-work-by-alix git init touch README.md git add README.md git commit -m "first commit" git remote add origin git@fsegitlab.wlv.ac.uk:in9352/great-work-by-alix.git git push -u origin master
Push an existing Git repository
cd existing_git_repo git remote add origin git@fsegitlab.wlv.ac.uk:in9352/great-work-by-alix.git git push -u origin master
