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diff --git a/doc/ci/multi_project_pipelines.md b/doc/ci/multi_project_pipelines.md index bcd92243d97..1091129a9dc 100644 --- a/doc/ci/multi_project_pipelines.md +++ b/doc/ci/multi_project_pipelines.md @@ -138,14 +138,15 @@ staging: The `ENVIRONMENT` variable will be passed to every job defined in a downstream pipeline. It will be available as an environment variable when GitLab Runner picks a job. -In the following configuration, the `MY_VARIABLE` variable will be passed -downstream, because jobs inherit variables declared in top-level `variables`: +In the following configuration, the `MY_VARIABLE` variable will be passed to the downstream pipeline +that is created when the `trigger-downstream` job is queued. This is because `trigger-downstream` +job inherits variables declared in global variables blocks, and then we pass these variables to a downstream pipeline. ```yaml variables: MY_VARIABLE: my-value -my-pipeline: +trigger-downstream: variables: ENVIRONMENT: something trigger: my/project @@ -156,16 +157,20 @@ example, predefined variables. In order to do that, you can use interpolation to pass any variable. For example: ```yaml -my-pipeline: +downstream-job: variables: UPSTREAM_BRANCH: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME trigger: my/project ``` In this scenario, the `UPSTREAM_BRANCH` variable with a value related to the -upstream pipeline will be passed to a `downstream` job, and will be available +upstream pipeline will be passed to the `downstream-job` job, and will be available within the context of all downstream builds. +### Demos + +[A click-through demo of cross-project pipeline is available](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/demo/#cross-project-pipeline-triggering-and-visualization-may-2019---1110), demonstrates how cross-functional dev teams use cross-pipeline triggering to trigger multiple pipelines for different microservices projects. + ### Limitations Because bridge jobs are a little different to regular jobs, it is not |