GitLab : prevent duplicate-project 400 error by doing a direct GetProject() lookup before create #337
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Running a backup to a GitLab destination sometimes failed with
The error appears when the repository already exists in the target namespace. GetOrCreate() only searched with ListProjects(search=…).
Search may not return the project (e.g. the authenticated token isn’t a member, the result is paginated differently, or GitLab’s search API just misses it). Because we didn’t detect the existing repo we attempted to create it again and GitLab quite rightly rejected the request.