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Save your workflows into a Gitlab repository

by Julien DEL RIOadapted from n8n official workflow galleryUpdated Aug 2026
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This template is inspired by Save your workflows into a GitHub repository by hikerspath and Back Up Your n8n Workflows To Github by jon-n8n. Basic Retrieve all workflows from an n8n instance and save it on a gitlab project. If the workflow exist, il will only save the changes. Flow What the workflow does : Sets custom parameters Gets workflows Iterates through each workflow one by one Get the file from Gitlab if exists Compare the files as objects (not as strings) Return a status on the workflow Create, Edit or ignore the file depending on the status Return a list of status for each workflow Configuration Select a credential in each Gitlab nodes. Edit the data in node "Globals" : repo.owner : slug of the user or team owning the repo repo.name : slug of the repository repo.branch : branch to commit on repo.path : from root of the repository.

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AddedAug 22, 2024

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