glcli

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GLCli

The glcli program allows Gitlab variable and environment management, i.e., it synchronizes JSON files and Gitlab data. It can do this the other way around with the -export option.

It uses the flat file format for the project ID (.gitlab.id file) and the JSON format for environments (.gitlab.env.json file) and variables (.gitlab.var.json file).

It requires the Gitlab URL and a valid token for identification. It is not possible to pass the token directly to the application; you can only specify a file containing this token for security reasons.

The application also has a read-only mode, in which only read calls are made: -dryrun

The application can also get the project ID from a project export data (.gitlab.project.json file)

Application Usage

❯ ./glcli -help
Usage: ./glcli [options]
  -debug
        Enable debug mode
  -delete
        Delete Gitlab var if not present in var file.
  -dryrun
        Run in dry-run mode (read only).
  -envfile string
        File which contains envs. (default ".gitlab-envs.json")
  -export
        Export current variables in var file.
  -export-projects
        Export current projects in project file.
  -id string
        Gitlab project identifiant.
  -idfile string
        Gitlab project identifiant file. (default ".gitlab.id")
  -projectfile string
        File which contains projects. (default "$HOME/.gitlab-projects.json"))
  -remote string
        Git remote name.
  -token string
        File which contains token to access Gitlab API. (default "$HOME/.gitlab.token")
  -url string
        Gitlab URL. (default "https://gitlab.com")
  -varfile string
        File which contains vars. (default ".gitlab-vars.json")
  -verbose
        Make application more talkative.

Debug mode exports the environment and variable tables to the debug.txt file.

File Descriptions

  • Project ID file (.gitlab.id file). This file contains a single-line, without spaces, corresponding to the project ID.

    51

  • Environment file

    [
  {
    "id": 10,
    "name": "review",
    "state": "available",
    "external_url": "https://app.example.com",
    "description": "Production environment"
  }
]
    Key Description Value Type Default Value Notes
    id Environment ID integer not editable, read-only
    name Environment name non-null string required
    state State: started/stopped non-null string not editable, read-only
    external_url Check URL nullable string null optional for creation
    description Environment description nullable string null optional for creation

  • variables file

    [
  {
    "key": "DEBUG_ENABLED",
    "value": "1",
    "description": null,
    "environment_scope": "*",
    "raw": true,
    "hidden": false,
    "protected": false,
    "masked": false
  }
]
    Key Description Value Type Default Value Notes
    key Variable key (unique name per environment) non-null string required
    value Variable value non-null string required
    description Environment description nullable string null optional for creation
    environment_scope Variable scope non-null string * required
    raw Flag indicating that the variable is uninterpretable boolean false required
    hidden Flag indicating that the variable should be hidden in the job log boolean false required
    protected Flag indicating that the variable is a protected variable boolean false required
    masked Flag indicating that the variable is a masked variable boolean false required
    • hidden: Hidden from job logs and can never be revealed in pipelines once the variable is saved.
    • protected: Export the variable to pipelines running only on protected branches and tags.
    • masked: Hidden from job logs, but the value can be revealed in pipelines.

  • Project file, obtained with the -export-projects option. This file can be shared across all projects to avoid creating .gitlab.id files in all local repositories.

    [
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "GLCli",
    "description": null,
    "path": "glcli",
    "name_with_namespace": "Sources / GLCli",
    "path_with_namespace": "sources/glcli",
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.tartarefr.eu:sources/glcli.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/sources/glcli.git",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/sources/glcli",
    "visibility": "public"
  },
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Gitlab Community Edition",
    "description": null,
    "path": "gitlab-ce",
    "name_with_namespace": "ARM 64 version 8 / Gitlab Community Edition",
    "path_with_namespace": "arm64v8/gitlab-ce",
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.tartarefr.eu:arm64v8/gitlab-ce.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/arm64v8/gitlab-ce.git",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/arm64v8/gitlab-ce",
    "visibility": "public"
  }
]

Runtime

The application can use environment variables to simplify command-line options.

Variable Default value
GLCLI_GITLAB_URL https://gitlab.com
GLCLI_TOKEN_FILE $HOME/.gitlab.token
GLCLI_PROJECT_FILE $HOME/.gitlab.projects.json
GLCLI_VAR_FILE .gitlab-vars.json
GLCLI_ENV_FILE .gitlab-envs.json
GLCLI_ID_FILE .gitlab.id
GLCLI_DEBUG_FILE debug.txt

Before using the application, you must first enter the project ID in the .gitlab.id file or using an export of projects.

Export

Exports existing environments and variables from Gitlab into files. This creates the .gitlab.env.json and .gitlab.var.json files. If these files already exist, they will be overwritten.

[ Gitlab ] ---> [ Files ]

❯ ./glcli -export
Import

Imports environments and variables from the .gitlab.env.json and .gitlab.var.json files into Gitlab. By default, Gitlab variables not present in the files are not deleted.

[ Files ] ---> [ Gitlab ]

❯ ./glcli

To delete extra variables, add the -delete option.

Examples

Starting with a project without an environment or variables.

  1. Since there are no variable or environment, we can simply create the files (there's nothing to export).

    echo -n '[]' > .gitlab.env.json
echo -n '[]' > .gitlab.var.json

  2. Modify the files to specify the variables and environments. Add an environment named production and three variables, one of which is present in all environments, but overridden for the production environment.

    • .gitlab.env.json file

      [ 
  { 
    "id": 0, 
    "name": "production", 
    "state": "available", 
    "external_url": null, 
    "description": "Production environment" 
  } 
]

    • .gitlab.var.json file

      [ 
  { 
    "key": "DEBUG_ENABLED", 
    "value": "1", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "*", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  }, 
  { 
    "key": "DEBUG_ENABLED", 
    "value": "0", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "production", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  }, 
  { 
    "key": "VAR_PREFIX", 
    "value": "GLCLI", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "*", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  }, 
  { 
    "key": "GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX", 
    "value": "/var/lock", 
    "description": "Prefix for lock file", 
    "environment_scope": "*", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  } 
]

  3. Import our declarations into gitlab

    ❯ ./glcli 
2025/08/02 13:07:43 Fetching envs from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Fetching vars from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Env {0 production available <nil> Production environment} should be added 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/environments to insert env 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Insert env production (0) 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 No env to update 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 No env to delete 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Var {DEBUG_ENABLED 1 <nil> * true false false false} should be added 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Var {DEBUG_ENABLED 0 <nil> production true false false false} should be added 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Var {VAR_PREFIX GLCLI <nil> * true false false false} should be added 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Var {GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX /var/lock Prefix for lock file * true false false false} should be added 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/variables to insert var 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Insert var DEBUG_ENABLED in * env 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/variables to insert var 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Insert var DEBUG_ENABLED in production env 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/variables to insert var 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Insert var VAR_PREFIX in * env 
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/variables to insert var
2025/08/02 13:07:44 Insert var GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX in * env
2025/08/02 13:07:45 No var to update
2025/08/02 13:07:45 No var to delete
2025/08/02 13:07:45 Exit

  4. Export from Gitlab to update the environment's id field.

    ❯ ./glcli -export 
2025/08/02 13:08:18 Export requested 
2025/08/02 13:08:18 Fetching envs from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:08:19 Fetching vars from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:08:19 Export current Gitlab vars to .gitlab-vars.json file 
2025/08/02 13:08:19 Export current Gitlab envs to .gitlab-envs.json file 
2025/08/02 13:08:19 Exit now because export is done

  5. Deleting the variable GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX in the .gitlab.var.json file

    [ 
  { 
    "key": "DEBUG_ENABLED", 
    "value": "1", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "*", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  }, 
  { 
    "key": "DEBUG_ENABLED", 
    "value": "0", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "production", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false, 
    "protected": false, 
    "masked": false 
  }, 
  { 
    "key": "VAR_PREFIX", 
    "value": "GLCLI", 
    "description": null, 
    "environment_scope": "*", 
    "raw": true, 
    "hidden": false,
    "protected": false,
    "masked": false
  }
]

  6. Synchronization between files and GitLab. The application recognizes the deletion but cannot find the flag allowing the deletion operation in the command line.

    ❯ ./glcli 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 Fetching envs from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 Fetching vars from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 No env to insert 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 No env to update 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 No env to delete 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 Var {GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX /var/lock Prefix for lock file * true false false false} should be deleted 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 No var to insert 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 No var to update 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 1 var(s) may be deleted, but delete flag in command line is not set 
2025/08/02 13:21:14 Exit

  7. Sync between files and gitlab with delete option

    ❯ ./glcli -delete 
2025/08/02 13:22:32 Fetching envs from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 Fetching vars from gitlab with URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 No env to insert 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 No env to update 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 No env to delete 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 Var {GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX /var/lock Prefix for lock file * true false false false} should be deleted 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 No var to insert 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 No var to update 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 Use URL https://gitlab.tartarefr.eu/api/v4/projects/52/variables/GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX?filter[environment_scope]=* to delete var 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 Delete var GLCLI_VAR_LOCK_PREFIX in * env 
2025/08/02 13:22:33 Exit

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