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gitlabc-ci - Run a set of cleanup commands after uploading artifacts

I have a job which creates builds with "sudo" or root privileges. Hence, when directory cleanup occurs at the start of a job run in GitLab CI-CD pipeline, I get the error as "Permission denied" while cleaning repository items.

I tried implementing a command with sudo rm -r * in after_script, but turns out the artifacts are uploaded after scripts are executed in following order:

  1. before_script

  2. script

  3. after_script

  4. artifacts uploading

What am I trying to achive:

I am in search of a way to clean the project directory after the artifacts are uploaded.

OR

If I could specify cloning of the repository into a particular(custom) directory.

I am fairly new to Gitlab Pipelines. Any help will be appreciated!

Solution

  • I figured out a way to solve this issue. Posting here the solution in case anyone faces similar issue.

    There are certain set of commands which I wanted to execute after the job runs correctly and before cloning of git repository for another job on same build server. I achieved it by doing the following:

    In /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml add pre_clone_script key as below:

    pre_clone_script = "<your commands here - for ex: sudo rm *>"

    This script runs before cloning of the git repository takes place.