Which version of .gitlab-ci.yml is actually been taken when running CI-Jobs in a MergeRequest?
Is it the version provided in the
The runner checks out the source-branch!
If the branch does not contain all commits of the master branch it is marked as 'detached'. In that case it is advisable to rebase the branch to the master. Otherwise a red state may occur at merge time.
There are more enhanced checkout/merge/test strategies called Merge Trains, but that is another topic.