GitLab token clone helper.

gcpat.sh

export PAT="$PAT_OR_TOKEN"
export USER="$USER_NAME"

function gcpat {
    substring=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/https:\/\///g')
    url=https://"$USER":"$PAT"@"$substring"
    git clone "$url"
}

Overview

This snippet enables a function called gcpat which will automatically format a HTTPS GitLab url to its token counterpart.

How to use

If you use zsh you will need to edit .zshrc, if you use bash edit .bashrc, any others edit the respective configuration file.

Just copy and paste the following into the file and replace the NGK variables with your values. This could either be an OAuth token or just a regular PAT from GitLab.

export PAT="random_access_token" # Insert your token here
export USER="gitlab_username" # If you're using OAuth, the username would be 'oauth', otherwise use your GitLab username.

Then either restart your terminal or use source ${path/to/bash_config}.

source ~/.zshrc

Then you can just grab any HTTPS url from the GitLab UI and call the function from your terminal.

gcpat {httpGitLabUrl}