Introduction
This page will be revised periodically as we continue to improve. Please familiarise yourself with this metadata information. It is an exact breakdown of what we can backup and restore for GitLab.
IMPORTANT
Some metadata items we simply cannot support currently due to API limitations set by GitLab. However, this does change over time.
Visibilities
Project
- Private: (backup/restore)
- Public: (backup/restore)
Repository
- Private: (backup/restore)
- Public: (backup/restore)
Snippets
- Private: (backup/restore)
- Public: (backup/restore)
Projects metadata
Project name: (backup/restore)
Project configuration: (Intialize repository with a README) (backup/restore)
License: (backup/restore)
Changelog: (backup/restore)
Contributing: (backup/restore)
Repository metadata
Repository: (backup/restore)
Issues: (backup/restore)
Issue comments: (backup/restore)
Labels: (backup/restore)
Milestones: (backup/restore)
Tag: (backup/restore)
Releases: (backup/restore)
Commits: (backup/restore)
Branches: (backup/restore)
Merge requests: (backup/restore)
Badges: (backup/restore)
Trains: (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Integrations: (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Packages: (backup/restore) Must be restored manually. *See Notes
Issues/Boards: (backup/restore)
- Issue tracking: (backup/restore)
- Labels: (backup/restore)
- Milestones: (backup/restore)
- Assignees: (backup/restore)
Snippets metadata
- Title: (backup/restore)
- Description: (backup/restore)
- Filename: (backup/restore)
- +Additional files: (backup/restore)
IMPORTANT
For items marked “restored manually”, you must review the JSON files in the backup zip file.