Github Repository Integration with Gitlab CI/CD Pipeline

Overview

This guide provides guideline on how to configure Github repository with Gitlab CI/CD pipeline.

This section provides guideline regrading integration:

Make sure that Gitlab account user must have the access to Github repositories.
Create a new project in Gitlab.
Select CI/CD for external repo from New Project dashboard.
It provides further two options on how connect the new project with remote repository:
1. Github.
2. git Repo by URL.
Select the Github option, it will show list of repositories. Select any one repository to configure its pipeline. Gitlab with sync the project.
Gitlab provides following feature for synced project:
- Import the project.
- Enable Pull Mirroringopen in new window.
- Enable GitHub project integrationopen in new window.
- Create a web hook on GitHub to notify GitLab of new commits.
Gitlab pipeline provides Git shallow clone feature which can be used to pull x number of changes from repository. Its default value is 50, but in this scenario all change are required so therefore 0 (means to pull all the changes) will be configured. Go to Project -> Settings -> CI/CD -> General pipelines -> Git shallow clone location and change its value.