Use Github Desktop app with GitLab
- Download and instal Github Desktop app https://desktop.github.com/
- create a ssh key for access from app
- open cmd, type
ssh-keygen
- enter to create, then enter passphrase like a password (just type not paste)
- then the ssh key is under your %userprofile%/.ssh
- notepad open “id_rsa.pub” file, and copy content text
- login GitLab, User picture menu > Preference page, left side panel > Access Tokens
- token name
- expiration date
- scope (api)
- create personal access token
- now, once it show the *** code, copy save it
- now, go to repo, copy https link
- GitHub Desktop, without login info, just enter name and email
- click Cline a repo, and target local path
- enter gitlab username and pass