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Add GitLab tab to 'How CircleCI checks out your code' section
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Fix GitLab SSH key creation description
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When you connect a repository with your CircleCI project, behind the scenes, CircleCI is registering a webhook within your Bitbucket Data Center project. You may verify this once you have successfully created the project by navigating to your repository's menu:Project Settings[Webhooks] page.
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When you set up a new project with GitLab in CircleCI, an SSH key is created, which is used to check out code from your repository.

When CircleCI builds your project, the private key is installed into the `.ssh` directory and SSH is configured to communicate with GitLab. Therefore, the SSH key is used for:

- Checking out the main project.
- Checking out any GitLab-hosted submodules.
- Checking out any GitLab-hosted private dependencies.
- Automatic git merging/tagging/etc.

For GitLab self-managed instances, you will need to provide SSH host keys during the integration setup. You can retrieve these keys by running `ssh-keyscan <instance_url>`. See the <<manage-vcs-integrations>> section for more information on configuring GitLab self-managed integrations.
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