Git is one of the most popular SCM used currently and GitLab is one of the most popular products used to manage git repositories in a centralized way — not to mention, it comes with lots of handy features.
Instead of using a flat structure, it allows the user to organize repositories into subgroups and use templates to generate repositories and apply security per group to create a group structure. When it comes to projects, we have two options, one is using the WebUI console and the other is using the REST API.