Groups help you bundle multiple projekte under one organizational umbrella. This is ideal for teams, government agencies, or joint projekte.

When is a group useful?

  • When multiple people are working on multiple projekte
  • When rights need to be assigned collectively
  • When a joint CI/CD setup is used

How to create a group

  1. Log in at https://gitlab.opencode.de

  2. Select Groups > New Group from the menu

    Open group management page

  3. Enter: A group name (e.g., your organization), a description (see also Creating a README file), and a visibility (public, internal, private)

  4. Click Create group Press Create group

Manage members

  1. Open your group
  2. Click Members
  3. Enter email or username
  4. Select a role (optional: set an expiration date for the permission): Guest, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, Owner

Adding a README file

It can be helpful to add a description of the content to groups. Similar to projekte, a README file can be added to a group for this purpose.

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open the group to which you want to add a README file.
  2. Open the Settings > General tab in the left sidebar.
  3. Under the README for group heading, click the Add README button. “Screenshot showing how to add a README file to a group”