Update: Why GitLab uses a single codebase for Community and Enterprise editions

GitLab is transitioning to a single Rails codebase for its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) to simplify its development process and reduce complexity. Previously, separate repositories were used to distinguish proprietary code from free software, but this approach led to challenges in coordination, such as managing numerous merge requests and manual interventions during security releases. To address this, GitLab is consolidating its code into a single repository, moving development into the gitlab-ee repository, which will be renamed "gitlab," with a separate "gitlab-foss" repository serving as a public version without proprietary code. This approach retains the Git logs of both CE and EE, facilitates issue tracking, and maintains community contributions in a unified repository. The transition involves significant code refactoring, with nearly 1.5 million lines of code changed by 55 engineers across 600 merge requests. The new single codebase is expected to be implemented by the release of GitLab 12.3, with minimal disruption for users of Omnibus packages and Docker images.

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