With this new integration, GitLab users can now work more efficiently in GitKraken to manage repositories. Save time by leveraging GitKraken’s integration with GitLab to do things like generate and connect SSH keys, find available remote repositories to clone, and more—all without ever leaving GitKraken.

Gitkraken Gitlab Private Repo

• Generating an SSH Key for GitHub Note 📝 - GitKraken uses your SSH key defined in Preferences SSH for git operations unless you set up a GitHub-specific SSH key, or enable your local SSH Agent. Once your GitHub account has been connected to GitKraken, generate an SSH key and add it to your GitHub account from Preferences Integrations.
• Personal Projects / GitKraken / api GitLab.

Download the GitKraken Git GUI, now with GitLab issue tracking integration, free: GitKraken Git GUI now integrates with GitLab. GitKraken can be connected to Github, Gitlab, or Bitbucket accounts through OAuth. From that point onward most if not all actions that are related to these services can be done inside GitKraken. Things like: cloning or forking a repository, adding a remote, pushing to a remote repository hosted on these services can be done inside the app.

GitKraken is a Git GUI client for Windows, Mac and Linux. It’s designed to make you a more productive Git user by making Git commands and processes easy, fast, and intuitive. It provides a visually appealing experience that requires fewer interactions and allows for a more fluid workflow; it even has a built-in merge tool so you don’t have to interrupt your workflow by switching applications to resolve merge conflicts. And, if you make a mistake, simply click the undo button. Now that’s a luxury you won’t find in other cross-platform Git clients!

The GitKraken dev team at Axosoft has been working on a few integrations to keep user workflow running smoothly, particularly when interacting with remote services. We’ve been working on a specific integration that we’re super excited about and think you will be too — our GitLab integration!

To celebrate, we’re offering 20% off GitKraken Pro until March 31, 2017!

GitLab has steadily been improving its API, allowing third-party developers to harness the power of its infrastructure in their apps. Of particular interest to the GitKraken team was the remote management of Git repositories. So, naturally, we started working to leverage these capabilities, and now we’re excited to announce GitKraken v2.2 with GitLab integration!

Gitkraken Github Issue Tracker

Grabbing the URL of a repo and using it as a remote in GitKraken has always been possible, but actually integrating was not, until version 2.2. Here are the various ways GitLab now integrates across GitKraken.

Integration highlights

1. Add and remove SSH keys

You can now generate an SSH key and connect it directly to GitLab from within Gitraken! Simply open Preferences > Authentication, click on the GitLab.com Tanuki (logo) tab, click Connect, and authenticate with GitLab. You’re done!

2. Initialize a repo

Open GitKraken’s Repository Management modal, and select Init. From there, you can choose whether to initialize Git in a current directory on your local machine, or GitKraken can create a new bare project for you directly on GitLab.com, and then clone it down locally.

Gitkraken Gitlab Enterprise

3. Clone a repo from a GitLab account

Gitkraken Gitlab Merge Request

If you already have a GitLab.com remote repo set up, cloning it is extremely easy - you don't even have to touch the command line. In the Repository Management modal, select Clone and you can browse (and fuzzy find) the repo on your GitLab remote that you wish to clone. As you type, GitKraken will drill down to the appropriate repo names that match your search terms.

You can then browse the local folder to which you want to clone the repo, and you’re done!

4. Remote avatars in the graph and left panel

If you have multiple remotes and multiple repos, the owners of those remotes/repos can be difficult to identify, and it can be challenging to find who you’re looking for at a glance. In the graph and left panel views, repository and remote owners’ avatars in their GitLab.com accounts will be shown as thumbnails next to what they own. Just bear in mind that not everyone is as cute as a tanuki.

Gitkraken Gitlab Self Managed

Those are GitKraken's current integrations with GitLab! But, the story doesn’t end there. Spoiler alert: The GitLab and GitKraken teams are committed to making this integration even better!

Who would have thought a kraken and a tanuki could find so much common ground?

About the Guest Author

John is a web developer, wordsmith and digital artist from London, UK. As Axosoft's token Brit, he works on websites and marketing content.

Gitkraken Login With Gitlab

If you’re not already a GitKraken user, use this promo code to get 20% off GitKraken Pro until March 31, 2017. Create your account and apply the code at checkout: gitlab20