FAQ

I cannot edit the merge request / issue I’ve just retrieved

It is likely that you used a MergeRequest, GroupMergeRequest, Issue or GroupIssue object. These objects cannot be edited. But you can create a new ProjectMergeRequest or ProjectIssue object to apply changes. For example:

issue = gl.issues.list()[0] project = gl.projects.get(issue.project_id, lazy=True) editable_issue = project.issues.get(issue.iid, lazy=True) # you can now edit the object

See the merge requests example and the issues examples.

How can I clone the repository of a project?

python-gitlab doesn’t provide an API to clone a project. You have to use a git library or call the git command.

The git URI is exposed in the ssh_url_to_repo attribute of Project objects.

Example:

import subprocess project = gl.projects.create(data) # or gl.projects.get(project_id) print(project.attributes) # displays all the attributes git_url = project.ssh_url_to_repo subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', git_url])