diff --git a/pkg/provider/gitlab.go b/pkg/provider/gitlab.go
index 26524d5c43e22e383f198d380ef70bbc604de86a..75487da93a7994d890ed11973338d688555cf96a 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/gitlab.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/gitlab.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
@@ -81,22 +82,30 @@ func (repo *GitLabRepository) GetInfo() (*provider.RepositoryInfo, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	namespace, repoName, _ := strings.Cut(project.PathWithNamespace, "/")
 	return &provider.RepositoryInfo{
-		Owner:         "",
-		Repo:          "",
+		Owner:         namespace,
+		Repo:          repoName,
 		DefaultBranch: project.DefaultBranch,
 		Private:       project.Visibility == gitlab.PrivateVisibility,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 func (repo *GitLabRepository) GetCommits(fromSha, toSha string) ([]*semrel.RawCommit, error) {
+	var refName *string
+	if fromSha == "" {
+		refName = gitlab.String(toSha)
+	} else {
+		// No Matter the order ofr fromSha and toSha gitlab always returns commits in reverse chronological order
+		refName = gitlab.String(fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", fromSha, toSha))
+	}
+
 	opts := &gitlab.ListCommitsOptions{
 		ListOptions: gitlab.ListOptions{
 			Page:    1,
 			PerPage: 100,
 		},
-		// No Matter the order ofr fromSha and toSha gitlab always returns commits in reverse chronological order
-		RefName: gitlab.String(fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", fromSha, toSha)),
+		RefName: refName,
 	}
 
 	allCommits := make([]*semrel.RawCommit, 0)
diff --git a/pkg/provider/gitlab_test.go b/pkg/provider/gitlab_test.go
index b76610783e43fcd8d8a96ac5ca2019a826803a7c..9a8c5b58b7f3f79e9553b52adbe86d8a97438154 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/gitlab_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func createGitlabTag(name string) *gitlab.Tag {
 var (
 	gitlabProjectID     = 12324322
 	gitlabDefaultBranch = "master"
-	gitlabProjects      = gitlab.Project{DefaultBranch: gitlabDefaultBranch, Visibility: gitlab.PrivateVisibility, ID: gitlabProjectID}
+	gitlabProjects      = gitlab.Project{DefaultBranch: gitlabDefaultBranch, Visibility: gitlab.PrivateVisibility, ID: gitlabProjectID, PathWithNamespace: "owner/repo"}
 	gitlabCommits       = []*gitlab.Commit{
 		createGitlabCommit("abcd", "feat(app): new feature"),
 		createGitlabCommit("dcba", "Fix: bug"),
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ func TestGitlabGetInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, gitlabDefaultBranch, repoInfo.DefaultBranch)
 	require.True(t, repoInfo.Private)
+	require.Equal(t, "owner", repoInfo.Owner)
+	require.Equal(t, "repo", repoInfo.Repo)
 }
 
 func TestGitlabGetCommits(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/scripts/build-local.sh b/scripts/build-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9551e6182c5cdc806aeb90853dd776d399933fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+pluginDir=".semrel/$(go env GOOS)_$(go env GOARCH)/provider-gitlab/0.0.0-dev/"
+[[ ! -d "$pluginDir" ]] && {
+  echo "creating $pluginDir"
+  mkdir -p "$pluginDir"
+}
+
+go build -o "$pluginDir/provider-gitlab" ./cmd/provider-gitlab