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/srv/gitlab/bin/audit-event-type

GitLab's core webapp, built with Ruby on Rails (FIPS)

From gitlab-rails-ce-fips-18.1 18.1.6-r92 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running audit-event-type --help (exit 0). permalink

WARN: Unresolved or ambiguous specs during Gem::Specification.reset:
      stringio (>= 0)
      Available/installed versions of this gem:
      - 3.1.7
      - 3.0.4
      reline (>= 0)
      Available/installed versions of this gem:
      - 0.6.0
      - 0.3.2
WARN: Clearing out unresolved specs. Try 'gem cleanup <gem>'
Please report a bug if this causes problems.
Usage: /srv/gitlab/bin/audit-event-type [options] <audit-event-type>

        --amend                      Amend the previous commit
    -f, --force                      Overwrite an existing entry
    -d, --description [string]       A human-readable description of how this event is triggered
    -c, --feature-category [string]  The feature category of this audit event. For example, compliance_management
    -M, --milestone [string]         Milestone that introduced this audit event type. For example, 15.8
    -s, --[no-]saved-to-database     Indicate whether to persist events to database and JSON logs
    -t, --[no-]streamed              Indicate that events should be streamed to external services (if configured)
    -n, --dry-run                    Don't actually write anything, just print
    -e, --ee                         Generate an audit event type entry for GitLab EE
    -j, --jh                         Generate an audit event type entry for GitLab JH
    -m, --introduced-by-mr [string]  URL to GitLab merge request that added this type of audit event
    -i [string],                     URL to GitLab issue that added this type of audit event
        --introduced-by-issue
    -h, --help                       Print help message
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
--amendAmend the previous commithelp
-f, --forceOverwrite an existing entryhelp
-d, --description stringA human-readable description of how this event is triggeredhelp
-c, --feature-category stringThe feature category of this audit event.help
-M, --milestone stringMilestone that introduced this audit event type.help
-sIndicate whether to persist events to database and JSON logshelp
-tIndicate that events should be streamed to external services (if configured)help
-n, --dry-runDon't actually write anything, just printhelp
-e, --eeGenerate an audit event type entry for GitLab EEhelp
-j, --jhGenerate an audit event type entry for GitLab JHhelp
-m, --introduced-by-mr stringURL to GitLab merge request that added this type of audit eventhelp
-i stringURL to GitLab issue that added this type of audit eventhelp
--introduced-by-issuehelp
-h, --helpPrint help messagehelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.