Gitlab CI include not merge correctly

Question

Hi guys assume this is my gitlab ci

.gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - install
  - build
  


before_script:
  - nvm install 14.17
  - nvm use 14.17
  - npm install -g yarn@1.10.1 --registry=$NPM_REGISTRY
  - npm install -g semantic-release
  - git fetch --all

include: '/ci/install_stage.yml'
include: '/ci/build_stage.yml'

/ci/install_stage.yml

install:
  stage: install
  tags:
    - fe
    - xdev
  artifacts:
    expire_in: 1 day
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  only:
    changes:
      - .gitlab-ci.yml
      - package.json
      - packages/**/*
  script:
    - yarn install
  cache:
    key: '$CI_PROJECT_PATH-package'
    paths:
      - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/node_modules/

/ci/build_stage.yml

build:
  stage: build
  tags:
    - fe
    - xdev
  artifacts:
    expire_in: 1 day
    paths:
      - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dist
  only:
    changes:
      - .gitlab-ci.yml
      - package.json
      - packages/**/*
  script:
    - yarn build
  dependencies:
    - install
  cache:
    key: '$CI_PROJECT_PATH-CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-build'
    paths:
      - $CI_PROJECT_DIR/dist

So basically i want to only run build after install, thats why i put a dependencies in build job. But then the lint give me error build job undefined dependency install

So it seem the lint of Gitlab is done invidually before the merge ?

anyway to fix this ? thanks

Answer 1

From the include documentation :

The include files are:

• Merged with those in the .gitlab-ci.yml file.

• Always evaluated first and then merged with the content of the .gitlab-ci.yml file, regardless of the position of the include keyword.

So you can update your .gitlab-ci.yml file like this, to evaluate all includes before merging, so the build job will know your install job :

stages:
  - install
  - build

...

include: 
  - '/ci/install_stage.yml'
  - '/ci/build_stage.yml'