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name: glab-auth description: Use when setting up or managing GitLab CLI (glab) authentication. Covers login, logout, status, docker helper, and related auth commands.

glab auth

Manage glab’s authentication state.

When to use

• Setting up GitLab CLI auth for the first time
• Updating or switching accounts
• Checking auth status
• Configuring Docker auth helper for GitLab registry

Quick start

1. Login:

glab auth login

2. Check status:

glab auth status

3. Logout:

glab auth logout

Subcommands

See references/commands.md for subcommand details and usage notes:

• login
• logout
• status
• configure-docker
• docker-helper
• dpop-gen