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/srv/gitlab/ee/bin/custom-ability

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

From commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-19.5 19.5.3-r2 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running custom-ability --help (exit 0). permalink

Also provided by 9 other package versions
Usage: /srv/gitlab/ee/bin/custom-ability [options] <custom-ability-name>

        --amend                      Amend the previous commit
    -f, --force                      Overwrite an existing entry
    -t, --title [string]             A human-readable title of the custom ability
    -d, --description [string]       A human-readable description of the custom ability
    -c, --feature-category [string]  The feature category of this ability. For example, vulnerability_management
    -M, --milestone [string]         Milestone that introduced this custom ability. For example, 15.8
    -n, --dry-run                    Don't actually write anything, just print
    -m, --introduced-by-mr [string]  URL to GitLab merge request that added this ability
    -i [string],                     URL to GitLab issue that added this ability
        --introduced-by-issue
    -g, --[no-]group_ability         Is this ability checked on group level?
    -p, --[no-]project_ability       Is this ability checked on project level? (eg. issue, vulnerability)
    -r, --requirements [string]      The custom abilities that need to be enabled for this ability.
    -h, --help                       Print help message
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
--amendAmend the previous commithelp
-f, --forceOverwrite an existing entryhelp
-t, --title stringA human-readable title of the custom abilityhelp
-d, --description stringA human-readable description of the custom abilityhelp
-c, --feature-category stringThe feature category of this ability.help
-M, --milestone stringMilestone that introduced this custom ability.help
-n, --dry-runDon't actually write anything, just printhelp
-m, --introduced-by-mr stringURL to GitLab merge request that added this abilityhelp
-i stringURL to GitLab issue that added this abilityhelp
--introduced-by-issuehelp
-gIs this ability checked on group level?help
-pIs this ability checked on project level? (eg.help
-r, --requirements stringThe custom abilities that need to be enabled for this ability.help
-h, --helpPrint help messagehelp

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