Version Control n8n Workflows in GitLab with Customer Tag Organization

How it works Triggers manually or on schedule (03:00 daily by default)
Fetches workflows tagged backup-workflows via n8n API
Normalizes workflow names and applies [client: NAME] tag convention
Prepares JSON in the same structure as an n8n UI export
Checks GitLab repository:
Create new file if missing
Update file if content differs
Skip if unchanged
Logs results with recap (created, updated, unchanged, total)

Set up steps Configure your GitLab credentials in n8n
Create a repository and branch for workflow backups
Set global variables (owner, project, branch, backup path)
Tag workflows to include with backup-workflows
Run manually once to test, then enable the schedule