using gitlab token to clone without authentication

Question

I want to clone gitlab repository without prompt for my automation script, by using my private token from my gitlab account.

Can someone provide me a sample?

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Answer 1

These days (Oct 2020) you can use just the following

git clone $CI_REPOSITORY_URL

Which will expand to something like:

git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:[MASKED]@gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/ci-debug-trace.git

Where the "token" password is ephemeral token, it should be revoked after a build is complete.