GitLab

With DataSpell, you can:

Access your GitLab projects without leaving the IDE.
Clone projects hosted on GitLab.
Work with GitLab merge requests.

Manage GitLab accounts

To retrieve data from a project hosted on GitLab or share your projects, you need to log in to your GitLab account in DataSpell.

Log in to GitLab

Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Version Control | GitLab.
Click . The Log In with Access Token dialog will open:
In the dialog, do one of the following:
- If you already have a token, insert it in the Token field.
- If you have no token, click Generate.
  In the token generation page that opens, make sure that the api and read_user scopes are selected.
  Click Create personal access token, copy the token, and paste it into the Log In with Access Token dialog window.
Click Log In.

See Personal access tokens for more details on GitLab tokens.

Manage multiple GitLab accounts

You can use multiple GitLab accounts in DataSpell: for example, a personal account to work on an open-source project, and a corporate account for your main job.

Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Version Control | GitLab.
Use the button to add as many accounts as you need.
To set an account as the default one for the current project, select it and click .

Last modified: 12 September 2023