gitlab - Push to a repository using access_token
GitOauthPushTokenGitlabGit Problem Overview
I implemented the oauth2 web flow in order to get access_token from users of my app. With the access_token, I would like to do the following actions:
- Get user informations
- Create a repo for this user
- Push code to this repo (using git push
)
I already successfully get the user information(1) and create a repo(2)
The problem is I can't push code (3), I got "Unauthorized" error.
The command I run:
git remote add origin https://gitlab-ci-token<mytoken>@gitlab.com/myuser/myrepo.git
git push origin master
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
You should do
git remote add origin https://<access-token-name>:<access-token>@gitlab.com/myuser/myrepo.git
Note that this stores the access token as plain text in the .git\config file. To avoid this you can use the git credential system, providing the access token name for "username" and the access token for "password". This should store the credentials in the git credential system in a more secure way.
Solution 2 - Git
It is also possible to push directly without adding a new remote repository:
git push https://gitlab-ci-token:<access_token>@gitlab.com/myuser/myrepo.git <branch_name>
This could be especially handy if you would like pull & push to different repositories.
Solution 3 - Git
Push using gitlab-ci-token is not currently supported by Gitlab. There is an open feature request.