This is my folder tree:
proj/
├─ src/
├─ docs/
│ ├─ public/
│ │ ├─ assets/
│ │ ├─ index.html
│ ├─ .gitlab-ci.yml
├─ config/
├─ .gitlab-ci.yml
As you can see there are two .gitlab-ci.yml files. The first, in the root of the project is the master pipeline that trigger the second one into the docs folder. I would like that the first pipeline in addition to deploy the application (only on a specific branch) trigger the second pipeline and deploy the documentation on giltab pages.
This is the code of the docs/.gitlab-ci.yml:
image: alpine:latest
pages:
stage: deploy
script:
- echo 'Nothing to do...'
artifacts:
paths:
- public/
expire_in: 1 day
And this is is the .gitlab-ci.yml in the project's root:
stages:
- deploy-docs
- gen-text
- deploy-in-dev
gen-text:
stage: gen-text
image: python:3.10.0
before_script:
- pip3 install -r ./command/requirements.txt
script:
- python3 ./command/main.py
artifacts:
paths:
- src/languages
expire_in: 1 day
only: ['stg']
deploy-in-dev:
stage: deploy-in-dev
image: node:latest
dependencies:
- gen-text
script:
- echo 'Only stg with artifacts'
only: ['stg']
docs:
stage: deploy-docs
trigger:
include: docs/.gitlab-ci.yml
The pipeline trigger correctly the downstream but it's fail: missing pages artifacts.
So, how can I pass the public folder to the downstream and why the secondary .gitlab-ci.yml doesn't see the folder?
The issue seems to be with the path that you provided for the artifacts in downstream
paths:
- public/
You should change it to
paths:
- docs/public/
When you include the child pipeline the current working directory doesn't change, it still is in proj/ and not in docs/