Enterprise-right source code management setup

We use GitLab as our source control solution. It is the central location of our entire codebase, configured with commit history, versioning, CI configuration and pipelines. We host around 2000 repositories within our department alone, on the platform. Having GitLab as a source control tool allows our entire distributed team to remain in sync for code sharing and collaboration.

While we have not directly used any integration support for security vulnerabilities, these form a critical part of our infrastructure as we're a tightly regulated and user centric industry and software vulnerabilities signify immense potential loss of revenue and market importance. GitLab's support for vulnerability extermination is something we're evaluating to implement and move away from our hands on fix process that we employ right now.

CI tests run any time a PR is raised, ensuring that several checks like linting, tests, sonar checks are all configured and passed before a PR is available for approval, meaning that a lot of manual effort is saved. It can save hours of development time. We can also allow auto merge settings to ensure we have separate branches based on release versions