lab wraps git or hub and adds additional features to make working with GitLab smoother
$ lab clone gitlab-com/infrastructure
# expands to:
$ git clone [email protected]:gitlab-com/infrastructure
lab will look for hub and uses that as your git binary when available so you don't have to give up hub to use lab
$ lab version
git version 2.11.0
hub version 2.3.0-pre9
lab version 0.4.0
The hub tool made my life significantly easier and still does! lab is heavily inspired by hub and attempts to provide a similar feel.
Dependencies
- git or hub
$ go get github.com/zaquestion/lab
$ lab version
git version 2.11.0
lab version 0.4.0
The first time you run lab it will prompt for your GitLab information. All configuration is managed through git config so don't worry if you mess it up. Keys can be set at the system, global, or local level.
$ lab
Enter default GitLab host (default: https://gitlab.com):
Enter default GitLab user: zaq
Enter default GitLab token:
Relevant lab git config keys:
- gitlab.host
- gitlab.user
- gitlab.token
Like hub, lab feels best when aliased as git. In your .bashrc or .bash_profile
alias git=lab