Adam, thanks for the feedback. i hadn't known about org-ql -- very nice.
i've renamed the gitlab *project* org-table-query-script, though i've kept the command, itself, the simpler org-query. does that seem reasonable? if so, i'll do whatever i need to give the gitlab URL for my project "that name" (and leave a forward pointer at the old URL, for whoever may have copied the current URL). cheers, Greg