Re: [PATCH 5/5] gitlab: support disabling job auto-run in upstream

[Michael Tokarev]

17.05.2023 16:54, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> In forks QEMU_CI=1 can be used to create a pipeline but not auto-run any
> jobs. In upstream jobs always auto-run, which is equiv of QEMU_CI=2.
>
> This supports setting QEMU_CI=1 in upstream, to disable job auto-run.
> This can be used to preserve CI minutes if repushing a branch to staging
> with a specific fix that only needs testing in limited scenarios.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
>   .gitlab-ci.d/base.yml | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
> index 999149852e..188a770799 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/base.yml
> @@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ variables:
>       - if: '$QEMU_CI != "2" && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE != $QEMU_CI_UPSTREAM'
>         when: manual
>   
> +    # Upstream pipeline jobs start automatically unless told not to
> +    # by setting QEMU_CI=1
> +    - if: '$QEMU_CI == "1" && $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE == $QEMU_CI_UPSTREAM && 
> $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /staging-[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]/'

Should this be enabled for main staging branch too?
I dunno how it is useful though.

/mjt