Background

A few posts back spoke on the very minimalist design of GitHub’s Snippet functionality.

I have been meaning to look into GitLab’s support for snippets.

But, first, let us register for GitLab.

 

GitLab

Registration

Outline

Registering for GitLab involves very few steps.

Here we go.

1. Register
   • First name
   • Last name
   • Username
   • Email
   • Password
2. Email
   • Receive Email
   • Respond to Email
3. Personalize
   • Select a role
   • I am signing up for GibLab because
   • Who will be using GitLab
     • My Company/team
     • Just Me
   • What will you like to do
     • Create a new project
     • Join a project
4. Create or Import Your First Project
   • Option:- Create Project
     • Group Name
     • Project Name
   • Option:- Import Project
     • Import From
       • GitLab
       • GitHub
       • BitBucket Cloud
       • BitBucket Server
       • Gitea
       • Repo By URL
       • Manifest File

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Register

 

Personalize

Personalize – Initial

Personalize – Revised

 

Create or Import Your First Project

Tab – Create

Tab – Import

Summary

It is very easy to signup for GitLab.

Unfortunately, upon signing up and using the tool for the first time, the system prompts you to create a new project or import an existing project.

We chose to close the browser’s tab on this modal option.