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| author | Steve Azzopardi <sazzopardi@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-18 06:45:21 +0300 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-06-18 06:45:21 +0300 |
| commit | 5097cf4f78c2359c7eccd9b6e2d0adab12a3ace5 (patch) | |
| tree | dc7e9a3a99c7f874baf1b1c05f154d769aa87d58 | |
| parent | a35195f4b84aa060f8e1e22bf85b6f798df38364 (diff) | |
Add note about nested variables for GIT_CLONE_PATH
The variable $GIT_CLONE_PATH does not support nested variables, it will
only expand the variables once, not more.
reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/4319
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ci/yaml/README.md | 18 |
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diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md index 4c170056a49..2759f1c5160 100644 --- a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md +++ b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md @@ -2620,6 +2620,24 @@ test: - pwd ``` +### Nested paths + +The value of `GIT_CLONE_PATH` is expanded once and nesting variables +within it is not supported. + +For example, you define both the variables below in your +`.gitlab-ci.yml` file: + +```yml +variables: + GOPATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/go + GIT_CLONE_PATH: $GOPATH/src/namespace/project +``` + +The value of `GIT_CLONE_PATH` is expanded once into +`$CI_BUILDS_DIR/go/src/namespace/project`, and results in failure +because `$CI_BUILDS_DIR` is not expanded. + ## Special YAML features It's possible to use special YAML features like anchors (`&`), aliases (`*`) |