How to create repository badges in gitlab?

Question

How do I create badges for my project in gitlab?

I know there is a webpage for it here https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/badges.html

but I have no idea what they are saying.

suppose my project is here https://gitlab.com/username/userproject

what should be the link and the badge image link?

Answer 1

There are two default badges: Pipeline and Coverage. The example URLs would be:

https://gitlab.com/username/userproject/badges/master/pipeline.svg
https://gitlab.com/username/userproject/badges/master/coverage.svg

• For pipeline you have to set up a buildserver pipeline (.gitlab-ci.yml).
• For coverage you have to enter a regex parsing expression in the settings for CI.

But you can also set up custom badges. But you have to create them on your own. For public repos you can use an service like Shields.io or private repos you can use AnyBadge (needs an python interpreter in build chain. Here is an example how to set up a custom badge: Adding Custom badges to Gitlab

When you look at bigger repositories (for example this), you can have a look at the path of the images and see where they are created.