Supporting Toolforge tools with an automated git repo creation mechanism is currently the main blocker for removing Differential from our Phabricator service. Gerrit is also currently being treated as a legacy system, with GitLab as the actively developed replacement solution.
Gitlab will allow some amount of self-service git repo creation, but taht will not remove a need to make the process easily discoverable by tool maintainers or to assist them in organizing their repos in a discoverable location for others. There is also a need to migrate existing Diffusion repos to the new preferred system. These are all opportunities for adding automation to reduce human toil.
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