Merge pull request #672 from hickford/gitlab-docs

Link to GitLab support docs

Author: derrickstolee

README.md

@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ See detailed information [here](https://aka.ms/gcm/httpproxy).
 - [Architectural overview](docs/architecture.md)
 - [Host provider specification](docs/hostprovider.md)
 - [Azure Repos OAuth tokens](docs/azrepos-users-and-tokens.md)
+- [GitLab support](docs/gitlab.md)
 
 ## Experimental Features
 

docs/gitlab.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ To use on another instance, eg. `https://gitlab.example.com` requires setup and
 2. Copy the application ID and configure `git config --global credential.https://gitlab.example.com.GitLabDevClientId <APPLICATION_ID>`
 3. Copy the application secret and configure `git config --global credential.https://gitlab.example.com.GitLabDevClientSecret <APPLICATION_SECRET>`
 4. Configure authentication modes to include 'browser' `git config --global credential.https://gitlab.example.com.gitLabAuthModes browser`
-5. For good measure, configure `git config --global credential.https://gitlab.example.com.provider gitlab`
+5. For good measure, configure `git config --global credential.https://gitlab.example.com.provider gitlab`. This may be necessary to recognise the domain as a GitLab instance.
 6. Verify the config is as expected `git config --global --get-urlmatch credential https://gitlab.example.com`
 
 ### Clearing config