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+.TH GITLAB 1 "2017-09-22" "0.1" ""
+.SH NAME
+gitlab \- command line interface to gitlab
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.br
+.B gitlab
+.I command
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B gitlab
+is a command line interface to gitlab based on the gem gitlab.
+It requires to set a few environment variables (see configuration).
+.PP
+For a complete list of supported CLI commands, see:
+.P
+<\fI\%http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/gitlab/Gitlab/Client\fP>
+.P
+Any of those methods can be called as a command by passing the parameters
+of the commands as parameters of
+.B gitlab.
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+.TP
+A few environment variables needs to be set:
+.sp
+export GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT=https://gitlab.yourcompany.com/api/v4
+.sp
+export GITLAB_API_PRIVATE_TOKEN=<your private token from /profile/account>
+.TP
+The variable GITLAB_API_HTTPARTY_OPTIONS is optional. It can be used to set any HTTParty option you may need using YAML hash syntax. For example SSL verification can be disabled with:
+.sp
+export GITLAB_API_HTTPARTY_OPTIONS="{verify: false}"
+.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+To list users:
+.B gitlab users
+.TP
+To get current user:
+.B gitlab user
+.TP
+The result can be filtered:
+.B gitlab user \-\-only=id,username
+
+.B gitlab user \-\-except=email,bio
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.IP \(bu 2
+gem documentation <http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/gitlab/Gitlab/Client>
+.IP \(bu 2
+/usr/share/doc/ruby\-gitlab/README.md.gz
+.SH AUTHOR
+Sophie Brun <sophie@freexian.com>
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+debian/gitlab.1