To authenticate with GitLab, navigate to the upper right corner to access
Preferences
Integrations
Or alternatively if you are in the
New Tab
view, click on
GitLab
under
Integrations
.
From the Integrations window, select
GitLab.com
and then hit the
button.
This will open your default web browser where you can click
and then log in with your GitLab credentials.
Upon login, a success message appears. Finish connecting by selecting
Open GitKraken
.
Alternativley, you can connect the integration by copy and pasting the OAuth token manually.
Generating an SSH Key for GitLab
Note 📝 – GitKraken uses your SSH key defined in
Preferences
SSH
for git operations unless you set up a GitLab-specific SSH key, or enable your local SSH Agent.
Once your GitLab account has been connected to GitKraken, you may easily generate an SSH key and add it to your GitLab account from
Preferences
Integrations
.
Click the magic
button and watch what used to be 8 steps be complete in one.
Alternatively add a key from
SSH Defaults
with
or an existing key pair through
Add existing SSH key
.
OAuth integration with GitLab
GitKraken’s integration with GitLab provides handy information about your repositories.
First, you may search through your existing repositories when cloning:
Next, GitKraken presents a list of forks of the current repository when adding remotes:
Of course, you still have the option of manually entering repo URLs.
Connecting to multiple GitLab accounts
GitKraken connects to one GitLab account at a time. However, with GitKraken Pro’s multiple
profile
support, you can easily switch between profiles that each have their own associated GitLab accounts.
