GitBot – automating boring Git operations with CI

Git is valuable for development and text file management but can become cumbersome with repetitive tasks as projects grow, prompting automation through continuous integration (CI) systems. This discussion focuses on automating Git operations using GitLab and GitLab CI, specifically addressing issues like automatic rebasing and opening merge requests. The process involves extracting vendor software into a Git repository, applying local patches on a separate branch, and automating the rebase of this branch onto the master whenever new software versions arrive. Automation of these tasks is achieved using GitLab CI pipelines, which streamline the workflow by leveraging CI jobs and scripts defined in a .gitlab-ci.yml file. Additionally, the setup includes creating automatic merge requests to update versions of network element drivers (NEDs) in another repository, ensuring a consistent and reproducible build process. The author, Kristian Larsson, shares insights from his work as a network automation systems architect at Deutsche Telekom, emphasizing the convenience and efficiency gained through such automation practices.

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