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+# linuxfoo-gitlab
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+## Summary
+
+Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API.
+
+## Shortcode `gitlab-list-commits`
+
+### Example
+
+Add `[gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since="3 month" max=5]` for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago.
+
+### Attributes
+
+* `url="STRING"`: Mandatory (example: `https://tk-sls.de/gitlab`).
+* `project_id=NUM`: Mandatory; NUM: Positive Integer, valid project ID in Gitlab specified by `url` (example: 42).
+* `since="NUM UNIT"`: Optional; NUM: Positive integer; UNIT: "days", "months", "years"; exclude commits older than specified time interval (example: "3 months").
+* `max=NUM`: Optional; NUM: Positive integer; list not more than `NUM` commits (example: 5).
+* `ref_name=STRING`: List only commit from branch or reference name `STRING`.
+* `default_branch`: If set, list only commits from the project's default branch.
+
+## Author and License
+
+* Copyleft 2021 Tilman Kranz <[t.kranz@tk-sls.de](mailto:t.kranz@tk-sls.de)>  
+* License: MIT License [https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+