Documentation

User documentation

• API Automate GitLab via a simple and powerful API.
• Markdown GitLab's advanced formatting system.
• Permissions Learn what each role in a project (guest/reporter/developer/master/owner) can do.
• Project Services Integrate a project with external services, such as CI and chat.
• Public access Learn how you can allow public and internal access to projects.
• SSH Setup your ssh keys and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
• Web hooks Let GitLab notify you when new code has been pushed to your project.
• Workflow Learn how to get the maximum out of GitLab.

Administrator documentation

• Install Requirements, directory structures and manual installation.
• Integration How to integrate with systems such as JIRA, Redmine, LDAP and Twitter.
• Raketasks Backups, maintenance, automatic web hook setup and the importing of projects.
• Custom git hooks Custom git hooks (on the filesystem) for when web hooks aren't enough.
• System hooks Notifications when users, projects and keys are changed.
• Security Learn what you can do to further secure your GitLab instance.
• Update Update guides to upgrade your installation.
• Welcome message Add a custom welcome message to the sign-in page.
• Issue closing Customize how to close an issue from commit messages.
• Libravatar Use Libravatar for user avatars.
• Operations Keeping GitLab up and running

Contributor documentation

• Development Explains the architecture and the guidelines for shell commands.
• Legal Contributor license agreements.
• Release How to make the monthly and security releases.