backstage/.changeset/pink-cars-pretend.md

@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend

@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend
patch

new setUserAsOwner flag for publish:gitlab action

The field default is false. When true it will use the token configured in the gitlab integration for the matching host, to try and set the user logged in via repoUrlPicker requestUserCredentials OAuth flow as owner of the repository created in GitLab.