FR: Sync GitLab permissions with Sourcebot

[kowhi]

I wish to control the Repository scope through user permissions, how can I do this

[brendan-kellam]

Could you elaborate more on how you would want to control repository permissions? Would you want to sync existing permissions from your code host, or directly configure permissions within Sourcebot?

[kowhi]

I am using GitLab and I would like to sync GitLab permissions. Retrieve user information through cookies, and then search based on the Repository within the user's permissions

[brendan-kellam]

@kowhi gotcha - I'm not sure if it would be possible for us to access a GitLab cookie since it's cross-origin. Another approach we could take is to support OAuth and allow for users to sign in with GitLab. This would require us to support authentication within Sourcebot, which is a bigger task

[FatalMerlin]

@brendan-kellam supporting GitLab OAuth would be huge, as it should also remove the requirement for using PATs for authentication, and users would be able to login with GitLab at the same time, too! +1, would greatly appreciate this feature.

Would it make sense to change the issue title to FR: GitLab OAuth Integration? As far as I can tell this would 100% provide the originally requested functionality.

Edit: NVM, PAT can be replaced with Group access token.