GitLab CLI (glab)

Rules

• ALWAYS verify auth before first command: glab auth status
• ALWAYS use -R owner/repo when not inside the target git repo
• For self-hosted GitLab, set GITLAB_HOST or use --hostname
• Use --output=json when parsing output programmatically
• NEVER hardcode tokens in commands — use glab auth login or GITLAB_TOKEN env var
• Pagination params go in URL, not flags: glab api "projects/:id/jobs?per_page=100" (NOT --per-page)
• When creating MRs, ALWAYS add --remove-source-branch --squash-before-merge unless the user explicitly says otherwise

Auth

glab auth login                                    # Interactive
glab auth login --hostname gitlab.example.org      # Self-hosted
glab auth status                                   # Verify