Configuring GitLab as a code repository

In this section, you will learn to setup GitLab as a code repository and start checking in your code in this repository. The following steps must be performed after you have registered itself with a custom user credentials.

• Create a repository in GitLab: Once logging in, you can create a project by giving it a project name and selecting the appropriate access permission (choose the default setting such as private). The following screenshot represents the same.
• Register the existing application folder with GitLab to store code in GitLab:  Go to the application folder and execute the following commands:

      git init
      git remote add origin http://localhost/ajitesh/healthapp.git
      git add .
      git commit
      git push -u origin master

Once done, you should be able to commit code in GitLab. Note, the path http://localhost/ajitesh/healthapp.git, is project path in GitLab.

• Some useful commands: Once a project is configured with GitLab, you can...