--- stage: Data Stores group: Tenant Scale info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- # Share a project with a group **(FREE ALL)** When you want a group to have access to your project, you can invite [a group](../../group/index.md) to the project. The group's direct and inherited members get access to the project, which becomes a *shared project*. ## Example For a project that was created by `Group 1`: - The members of `Group 1` have access to the project. - The owner of `Group 1` can invite `Group 2` to the project. This way, members of both `Group 1` and `Group 2` have access to the shared project. ## Prerequisites To invite a group to a project, you must be at least one of the following: - Explicitly defined as a [member](index.md) of the project. - Explicitly defined as a member of a group or subgroup that has access to the project. - An administrator. In addition: - You must be a member of the group or the subgroup being invited. - The [visibility level](../../public_access.md) of the group you're inviting must be at least as restrictive as that of the project. For example, you can invite: - A _private_ group to a _private_ project - A _private_ group to an _internal_ project. - A _private_ group to a _public_ project. - An _internal_ group to an _internal_ project. - An _internal_ group to a _public_ project. - A _public_ group to a _public_ project. - If a group in the project's hierarchy [does not allow sub-projects to be shared with groups](../../group/access_and_permissions.md#prevent-a-project-from-being-shared-with-groups), the option to **Invite a group** is not available. - If the project's root ancestor group [does not allow the project to be shared outside the hierarchy](../../group/access_and_permissions.md#prevent-group-sharing-outside-the-group-hierarchy), the invited group or subgroup must be in the project's [namespace](../../namespace/index.md). For example, a project in the namespace `group/subgroup01/project`: - Can be shared with `group/subgroup02` or `group/subgroup01/subgroup03`. - Cannot be shared with `group_abc`. ## Share a project with a group > - [Changed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/247208) in GitLab 13.11 from a form to a modal window [with a flag](../../feature_flags.md). Disabled by default. > - Modal window [enabled on GitLab.com and self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/247208) in GitLab 14.8. > - [Generally available](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352526) in GitLab 14.9. [Feature flag `invite_members_group_modal`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352526) removed. Similar to how you [share a group with another group](../../group/manage.md#share-a-group-with-another-group), you can share a project with a group by inviting that group to the project. To invite a group to a project: 1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to** and find your project. 1. Select **Manage > Members**. 1. Select **Invite a group**. 1. **Select a group** you want to add to the project. 1. **Select a role** you want to assign to the group. 1. Optional. Select an **Access expiration date**. 1. Select **Invite**. The following members are given access to the project: - All direct group members. - Inherited group members. - Members of other groups that have access to the group being invited (by [group share](../../group/manage.md#share-a-group-with-another-group)) In addition: - On the group's page, the project is listed on the **Shared projects** tab. - On the project's **Members** page, the group is listed on the **Groups** tab. - From [GitLab 16.6](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/134623), the invited group's name and membership source will be masked unless: - the group is public, or - the current user is a member of the group, or - the current user is a member of the project. - Each user is assigned a maximum role. - Members who have the **Project Invite** badge next to their profile on the usage quota page count towards the billable members of the shared project's top-level group. ## Maximum role When you invite a group to a project, the maximum role is the highest level of access the invited group members are allowed to have in the project. When multiple groups contain the same members, and the groups have access to the same project, the group members are given the highest access level of the two for the project. The member's **Max role** is the more restrictive of: - The role the user is assigned for the group. - The role you chose when you invited the group to the project. NOTE: The Max role does not elevate the privileges of users. For example, if a group member has the role of Developer, and the group is invited to a project with a Max role of Maintainer, the member's role is not elevated to Maintainer. ### Which roles you can assign In GitLab [16.7](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/233408) and later, the maximum role you can assign depends on whether you have the Owner or Maintainer role for the project. The maximum role you can set is: - Owner (`50`), if you have the Owner role for the project. - Maintainer (`40`), if you have the Maintainer role for the project. In GitLab 16.6 and earlier, the maximum role you can assign to an invited group is Maintainer (`40`). ### View the member's Max role To view the maximum role assigned to a member: 1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to** and find your project. 1. Select **Manage > Members**. 1. In the **Max role** column, view the user's maximum assigned role. ## View a group's shared projects In a group, a shared project is a project to which the group members gained access through the [**Invite group**](#share-a-project-with-a-group) action. To view a group's shared projects: 1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to** and find your group. 1. On the group page, select the **Shared projects** tab. A list of shared projects is displayed. ## Related topics - [Prevent a project from being shared with groups](../../group/access_and_permissions.md#prevent-a-project-from-being-shared-with-groups). - [Prevent group sharing outside the group hierarchy](../../group/access_and_permissions.md#prevent-group-sharing-outside-the-group-hierarchy).