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/srv/gitlab/bin/permission

GitLab's core webapp, built with Ruby on Rails

From gitlab-rails-ce-19.2 19.2.9-r6 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running permission --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /srv/gitlab/bin/permission [options] [<permission-name>]

    -d, --description [string]       Description for the permission
    -f, --force                      Overwrite an existing permission
    -a, --action [string]            The permission action (create, read, update, delete, etc.)
    -r, --resource [string]          The permission resource (e.g., custom_dashboard)
    -c, --feature-category [string]  The feature category for the permission
        --resource-display-name [string]
                                     Display name for the resource (optional, metadata only)
        --resource-description [string]
                                     Description for the resource (optional, metadata only)
    -n, --dry-run                    Don't actually write anything, just print
    -h, --help                       Print help message
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-d, --description stringDescription for the permissionhelp
-f, --forceOverwrite an existing permissionhelp
-a, --action stringThe permission action (create, read, update, delete, etc.)help
-r, --resource stringThe permission resource (e.g., custom_dashboard)help
-c, --feature-category stringThe feature category for the permissionhelp
--resource-display-name stringDisplay name for the resource (optional, metadata only)help
--resource-description stringDescription for the resource (optional, metadata only)help
-n, --dry-runDon't actually write anything, just printhelp
-h, --helpPrint help messagehelp

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