gitlab evaluation

gitlab_evaluation.md

as of August 24, 2016

Gitlab.com as one-to-one replacement for BitBucket

Improvements of BitBucket

• search through source (https://gitlab.com/search?utf8=✓&search=ability&group_id=&project_id=1441781&search_code=true&repository_ref=master), on an individual project as in github.
• WIP Pull Request for intermediate code reviews
• merge conflict resolution in browser
• discussion resolution in code review (https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/22/gitlab-8-11-released/#resolve-discussions-in-mrs)
• protected branches
• partial badges support
• pricing https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/

Drawbacks

• UI is sometimes a bit confusing

Unknowns

• availability (but mirroring can be set up)

Transitioning

• mirroring (needs bitbucket account)

Gitlab.com as pages server

• comparable with github pages (example: https://unifiedpost.gitlab.io/upnxt_devcenter/), but on steroids thanks to pipelining (see further)

Gitlab.com as Jenkins replacement

• pipelining can be used as integrated CI: https://gitlab.com/BertBruynooghe/upnxt_frontend_authorization (not mirrored yet)
• commit based trigger
• no weekly triggers, but can be triggered using REST API (to be tested)

Gitlab.com as private docker hub

• pipelining can be used to deploy to private docker hub: https://gitlab.com/BertBruynooghe/upnxt_service_AAA (not mirrored yet)
• usage from local machine

docker login -u "bertbruynooghe" -p "$TEST_PASSWORD" registry.gitlab.com

Gitlab.com with isolated services test

• https://gitlab.com/BertBruynooghe/upnxt_frontend_resources

Future usage of docker

• What if we distribute a docker-compose file as template iso. a static all-in-one?
• What about running docker containers in production?