How to Use GitLab

Migrations The place to share your knowledge, experience and tools, to migrate from other git hosting platforms to GitLab. Upgrade All upgrade related topics should go here. Self-managed Self-managed administration, complex architectures, etc.

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Storage management automation resources How to Use GitLab api , efficiency , storage , automation , cli :bulb: This topic collects helpful resources for storage management automation, including scripts, articles, forum topics, and more. Documentation Manage your Storage Usage Storage Management Automation with practical …	1	5913	August 14, 2025
Refreshing a Fork How to Use GitLab I have forked a repository that is constantly updated by the creator. How do I go about updating my forked copy so that I have the most up-to-date files?	30	98462	November 11, 2024
🦊 Report a Bug How to Use GitLab bug Note: the :fox: emoji in the title of this post indicates that it was created and written by a GitLab Team Member. Let’s Talk Bugs We rely on you, our community, to report bugs :bug: in our product when you see them. If…	0	20038	July 16, 2020
Troubleshooting guide wiki How to Use GitLab	4	21834	May 25, 2021
About the How to Use GitLab category How to Use GitLab	0	5899	December 18, 2014
Direct Transfer cannot import projects when the destination is an existing top-level group created in an older GitLab version How to Use GitLab export , import	1	366	July 17, 2026
Mattermost blocking the upgrade from 18 to 19 How to Use GitLab upgrade	4	834	July 17, 2026
Has GitLab.com changed GraphQL authentication behavior for Authorization header with Personal Access Tokens? How to Use GitLab api , integration	1	24	July 16, 2026
MR rule to have all actual reviewers approve before merge Self-managed merge-requests , merge	6	286	July 16, 2026
Work item errors Migrations issues	9	53	July 16, 2026
Nginx SSL errors for offline self-managed: 19.1.0-ee Self-managed	5	41	July 15, 2026
GitLab CI for WordPress site - deployment sometimes uploads unchanged files How to Use GitLab	2	117	July 15, 2026
Upgrade GitLab 17.5.1 to 19.x - best practices? Upgrade	2	57	July 15, 2026
A lot of data that cannot be accounted for How to Use GitLab registry	8	221	July 15, 2026
Gitlab UI slowness - 17.8 Self-managed	17	970	July 15, 2026
Pure SSH LFS downloads fail on 19.1.1 with `expected valid size, got "-1"` (uploads work), known issue or config mistake? Self-managed lfs	1	112	July 15, 2026
SCIM sync from authentik to our GitLab.com group fails continuously because requests to the SCIM API are being served a Cloudflare managed challenge ("Just a moment...") instead of reaching the endpoint. How to Use GitLab saas	0	11	July 14, 2026
Admin Organization Account Blocked via GitHub OAuth 422 - No PW Reset Received How to Use GitLab	4	83	July 14, 2026
Internal note - default checked How to Use GitLab	2	1234	July 14, 2026
GitLab not booting on self hosted CE server Self-managed	2	62	July 13, 2026
An error occurred while fetching folder content How to Use GitLab create	37	31644	July 10, 2026
Profile Settings --> Emails How to Use GitLab	13	33103	July 10, 2026
Can you help me to change the commit message in Git? How to Use GitLab	0	243	July 10, 2026
I cannot find "Group Access Token" permission under General > Advanced Permissions How to Use GitLab	10	4829	July 10, 2026
Gitlab-backup restore error "can't do unlink" during restoration How to Use GitLab	3	82	July 9, 2026
GitKraken: Constant OAuth token issues How to Use GitLab	33	41433	July 8, 2026
Set work item status by api (REST or GraphQL) How to Use GitLab api	1	274	July 7, 2026
GitLab Pipeline become much slower after adding more jobs. Anyone else? How to Use GitLab	3	97	July 4, 2026
GitLab CE selfhosted won't send emails How to Use GitLab	4	419	July 3, 2026
Server Hooks behavior during GitLab migration to a new server Migrations	0	38	June 30, 2026