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The gitlab plugin is quite simple but streamlines the often tedious process of finding the correct git URL to clone, checking it out, and opening the project in Qt Creator. Clicking on Clone will clone the repository into the selected working directory.Īfter successfully checking out the files it will prompt you to select a CMake or qmake project file to open in Qt Creator. button and you will be prompted for the git clone parameters, pre-filled in. If you select a project you can click on the Clone. You can use the Search text field and button to filter the names if desired (the list can be quite large). Within a few seconds, a list of the gitlab projects found on the server should appear: and select the server from the Remote: combo box. To use the plugin, click Qt Creator, select Tools / Gitlab. Note that you can have multiple gitlab server sources if you work with multiple servers. Click OK to save the configuration settings. Confirm that you do have it installed on your system and enter the full path, if needed. If the value for curl is highlighted in red it means that it is either not installed or not present at the specified path. Paste in the access token you received from gitlab. Click on Add. Fill in the values for your gitlab server, as below but using suitable values for the gitlab server you use. To configure the Qt Creator plugin, go to Edit / Preferences., select Version Control from the left tab, then GitLab from the top tab. The UI will give an access token string which you will need in the next step when you configure the Qt Creator gitlab plugin. Select an expiration date if desired, and check all of the boxes under Select scopes.Ĭlick on Create personal access token. Generate a new access token by entering a suitable Token name (e.g. You can do thia from the gitlab web interface by clicking on your username at the top right and selecting Preferences. You will need something called an "access token" from your gitlab server in order to allow third-party code like Qt Creator to access your gitlab account. and select the Load checkbox for the plugin Utilities / GitLab (experimental).Ĭlose the dialog and it will then prompt you to restart Qt Creator: To enable it, select Help / About Plugins. Enable the PluginĪs of Qt Creator version 8.0.0 the plugin is considered experimental and not enabled by default. You will also need the curl program, which is typically installed by default on most Linux, macOS, and Windows 10 and 11 systems. You can identify the version from the menu entry Help / About Qt Creator.

You will need Qt Creator version 8.0.0 (or later). While easy to use, it is not well documented, so I thought I would write a blog post that describes how to configure and use it. Starting with version 8.0.0 the Qt Creator IDE has a useful new plugin that allows you to browse and clone projects from a GitLab server.