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Since you will be cloning the Project in order to populate it, you should create a README.md file which ensures the Git repository is initialised, has a default branch, and can be cloned.
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Create a blank GitLab project
Create a README.md file (how?)
Set up access between GitLab and the MettleCI Workbench service (typically running on your DataStage Engine host)
How?
How?
How?
Set up access between GitLab and your build server.
How?
How?
How?
How do we test it?
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