here is my problem: I have a GitLab-ci.yml template in a separate repository with all basic stages/steps in it. In another repo with the actual code, I include that template and overwrite a variable for unit testing for example.
Here is how the base template looks like:
---
image: docker:git
variables:
TEST_CMD: unit-test $UNIT_TEST_CMD_OPTIONS
stages:
- pre-build
- build
- test
actual_build:
stage: build
<<: *only-default
script:
- echo "build it"
- ...
....
Now I include that template into my actual repo gitlab-ci.yml file to execute the whole pipeline:
---
include:
- project: blahfubar/gitlab-ci-template
ref: master
file: basic.gitlab-ci.yml
variables:
UNIT_TEST_CMD_OPTIONS: --testsuite unit
Now the problem: I want to add an extra job just in this repo to i.e. execute a security check there, but this does not work and with the "extends:"-keyword only jobs can be extended.
---
include:
- project: blahfubar/gitlab-ci-template
ref: master
file: basic.gitlab-ci.yml
variables:
UNIT_TEST_CMD_OPTIONS: --testsuite unit
security-step:
stage: test
script:
- ./security-check
If I do it like that, only the "security-step" will be executed, but not all the other steps from the included template.
May anyone has a solution for that because I didn't find anything in the gitlab-ci docs.
Thanks in advance :)
If I understand correctly, the !reference keyword in Gitlab may help you, but probably not fully resolve your issue: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/yaml_optimization.html#reference-tags
Your security-step could look like this:
security-step:
stage: test
script:
- !reference [actual_build, script]
- ./security-check
This will include all your build script lines before the security step.