EMBL GitLab Server

The EMBL Git server offers all EMBL staff members a convenient way to store, control and publish the source code of their projects. It uses gitlab, which offers commandline and web access to the stored data.

Have a look at the public projects

Usage:

• read our list of Frequently Asked Questions

• git is meant predominantly for handling source code and text files, not for storing large files such as images, etc. Please make sure your repository size stays below 2GB!

• Login is provided using EMBL LDAP authentication, external users need to be registered first by an EMBL user. For this, send an email to git@embl.de with the external user's name, affiliation, and email address. External users can not create their own repositories

• Some hints about the visibility levels of your projects:

  Public: visible for everyone - google will find it
  Internal: only EMBL users will be able to see it
  Private: for project member eyes only

The following rules apply:

• Repositories on the EMBL Git server are only granted to EMBL members
• External users can be added as cooperators on a project, but the projects themselves have to be lead by someone with an active EMBL contract
• Should the project leader leave EMBL, then the project has to be transferred to someone else or the complete repository will be removed

Contact

• Please contact git@embl.de if you have questions regarding this service

Administration and Maintenance:

• Renato Alves

Acknowledgements:

• The system was originally set up by Holger Dinkel and Grischa Toedt

• Former project members:

  • Jelle Scholtalbers, former admin
  • Marc Gouw, former admin
  • Toby Hodges, former admin
  • Frank Thommen (Structures IT Management & Support), who together with Grischa and Michael implemented the original git repository service at EMBL
  • Wasiu Akanni
  • Jakob Wirbel

• People involved in the setup: Michael Wahlers and Carlos Fernandez San Millan

• The EMBL Git server is part of the Bio-IT Project and Data Science Centre

• The server, disk space and backup are kindly provided by EMBL IT Services internal link