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Open-sourcing Mobile Apps

2 posts · Nov 2019

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GitLab has open-sourced the Gitter mobile apps (Android and iOS), detailing the technical process of removing secrets, managing configurations, and making the projects public. This effort aims to foster community contributions to the Gitter mobile platforms.

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  1. Open-sourcing the Gitter mobile appsThis post details the technical process of open-sourcing the Gitter mobile apps (Android and iOS). It covers finding and removing secrets from the codebase and commit history using tools like truffleHog and BFG Repo-Cleaner, moving secrets to untracked configuration files (secrets.properties for Android, .plist for iOS) and environment variables for CI compatibility, and handling compiled assets by fetching them from CI builds. It also discusses the challenges of secret removal in generated files and the implications for merge request history.