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Snippets
Snippets are little bits of code or text.
There are 2 types of snippets - project snippets and personal snippets.
Comments
With GitLab Snippets you engage in a conversation about that piece of code, facilitating the collaboration among users.
Note: Comments on snippets was introduced in GitLab Community Edition 9.2.
Project snippets
Project snippets are always related to a specific project - see Project's features for more information.
Personal snippets
Personal snippets are not related to any project and can be created completely independently. There are 3 visibility levels that can be set (public, internal, private - see Public Access for more information).
Downloading snippets
You can download the raw content of a snippet.
By default snippets will be downloaded with Linux-style line endings (LF). If you want to preserve the original line endings you need to add a parameter line_ending=raw (eg. https://gitlab.com/snippets/SNIPPET_ID/raw?line_ending=raw). In case a snippet was created using the GitLab web interface the original line ending is Windows-like (CRLF).
Embedded Snippets
Introduced in GitLab 10.8.
Public snippets can not only be shared, but also embedded on any website. This allows to reuse a GitLab snippet in multiple places and any change to the source is automatically reflected in the embedded snippet.
To embed a snippet, first make sure that:
- The project is public (if it's a project snippet)
- The snippet is public
- In Project > Settings > Permissions, the snippets permissions are set to Everyone with access
Once the above conditions are met, the "Embed" section will appear in your snippet where you can simply click on the "Copy to clipboard" button. This copies a one-line script that you can add to any website or blog post.
Here's how an example code looks like:
<script src="https://gitlab.com/namespace/project/snippets/SNIPPET_ID.js"></script>
Here's how an embedded snippet looks like:
Embedded snippets are displayed with a header that shows the file name if defined, the snippet size, a link to GitLab, and the actual snippet content. Actions in the header allow users to see the snippet in raw format and download it.