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Dynamically create gitlab-ci variables starting from a script

I’m trying to create a parent child pipeline on Gitlab using gitlab-ci but I need to share variables from parent to child pipeline. I’m using the “options” capability to have a drop down menu with pre-filled values just to avoid TYPO while filling the variable. Is there any way to create the options starting from a bash script?

For example:

variables:
  - myVar
    options:
      script:
        - find -type f | grep microservices

Thank you! Cheers

Solution

  • There's no native solution for this. However, I've approximated something like this using pre-commit hooks.

    Basically, there is a pre-commit hook script that will generate the possible choices and edit the variables: key in the .gitlab-ci.yml to contain all the appropriate options whenever they change. I also setup pre-commit autofixing in the GitLab pipeline so you never have stale options.