Web access HTML file in my Gitlab repo

Question

I want to use Gitlab to manage web-application development. Is it possible to access the html file I have created in my Gitlab repo from the browser?

Currently there are ssh/http url for access to the repo like:

ssh: [email protected]:balbal/web-app.git   
http: (ht tps://something.some.ca:balbal/web-app.git)

When I access https from a browser it will just jump into the git repo manage UI (like show you all the commits, branches and detail files)

What I want is web access to a particular html file I have created in my repo (like if there is a index.html file in a folder called 'www' in my repo). I want some URL that I can type into the browser and which will show me the index.html content. Is it possible for me to set up an web access to these html files?

Answer 1

As of now, Gitlab does not support this functionality. There's a feature request for this: http://feedback.gitlab.com/forums/176466-general/suggestions/5599145-preview-render-static-html-pages-pushed-to-repos

Currently, if you query Gitlab for the raw html file, it sets certain HTTP headers to make it render as text/plain instead:

$ curl -I http://my-gitlab/user/project/raw/dev/doc/_book/index.html
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:17:48 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Connection: keep-alive
Status: 200 OK
X-Frame-Options: DENY
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="index.html"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
Cache-Control: private
ETag: "b81191c550c47eae1ab4adf72dfd0c92"
Set-Cookie: request_method=HEAD; path=/
X-Request-Id: 04ae0499-2fdf-4f89-82ab-8392a8d6a076
X-Runtime: 0.019857