glab(1)

NAME

glab-auth-login - Authenticate with a GitLab instance

SYNOPSIS

glab auth login [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Authenticate with a GitLab instance. You can pass in a token on standard input by using --stdin. The minimum required scopes for the token are: api, write_repository.

OPTIONS

-h, --hostname="" The hostname of the GitLab instance to authenticate with

--stdin[=false] Read token from standard input

-t, --token="" Your GitLab access token

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--help[=false] Show help for command

EXAMPLE

# start interactive setup
$ glab auth login
# authenticate against `gitlab.com` by reading the token from a file
$ glab auth login --stdin < myaccesstoken.txt
# authenticate with a self-hosted GitLab instance
$ glab auth login --hostname salsa.debian.org