The DoIT GitLab instance (https://git.doit.wisc.edu/) is available to SMPH groups to host your codebase, track issues, collaborate on code, and continuously build, test, and deploy your app with built-in GitLab CI/CD. For a general overview of the service from an SMPH perspective, see the GitLab service page for SMPH.
What are some best practices and guidelines for SMPH users of GitLab?
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Groups and projects under the SMPH top level group should always require authentication. Groups and projects under SMPH (Public) are intended to be publicly accessible without authentication.
Projects should not exceed 2 GB in size and cannot be used to store restricted data, sensitive data, PHI or any other class of data that’s not for general consumption.
Projects should follow the SMPH GitLab – Public, Internal, Sensitive, and Restricted Data Guidelines.
What can I store in GitHub?
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How do I request a new group?
There are several ways you can request a GitLab group for your GitLab projects:
Ask your IT director; they can be delegated to create GitLab groups for teams in their department;
Email the SMPH Application Support team or submit a request through their Service Desk Ticket Portal;
or ask the DoIT Shared Tools team.
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Can GitHub be used for research?
Researchers can use git.doit.wisc.edu for version control and collaboration with UW-Madison colleagues on source code for research tools and web applications. It is not intended as a data storage solution. See DoIT GitLab for Research for more information may use GitLab to manage the source code for projects but they should not use it to store research data, especially sensitive and restricted. It the work is in the public domain, it can be under the SMPH (Public). If the work is proprietary, private, or unpublished it can be under SMPH as long as it is viewable only to appropriate authenticated users. See DoIT GitLab for Research and DoIT GitLab Projects for more information.
In all cases, projects should not exceed 2 GB in size and cannot be used to store restricted data, sensitive data, PHI or any other class of data that’s not for general consumption.
Can external people collaborate?
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