Commit 43f432c2 authored by Mayra Cabrera's avatar Mayra Cabrera Committed by Kamil Trzciński

Document edge cases for gitlab-ci.yml `include` keyword

parent 61bdccf4
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Using the `include` keyword, you can allow the inclusion of external YAML files.
In the following example, the content of`.before-script-template.yml` will be
In the following example, the content of `.before-script-template.yml` will be
automatically fetched and evaluated along with the content of `.gitlab-ci.yml`:
```yaml
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your configuration file is. In other words, when using a **local file**, make
sure that both `.gitlab-ci.yml` and the local file are on the same branch.
NOTE: **Note:**
We don't support the inclusion of local files through Git submodules paths.
- **remote** in a different location, accessed using HTTP/HTTPS, referenced
using the full URL. For example:
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include: 'https://gitlab.com/awesome-project/raw/master/.gitlab-ci-template.yml'
```
NOTE: **Note:**
The remote file must be publicly accessible through a simple GET request, as we don't support authentication schemas in the remote URL.
---
Since external files defined by `include` are evaluated first, the content of
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`autodevops-template.yml` will be overridden by the ones defined in
`.gitlab-ci.yml`.
NOTE: **Note:**
Momentarily the [CI Lint](https://gitlab.com/ci/lint) does not support the `include` keyword.
## Jobs
`.gitlab-ci.yml` allows you to specify an unlimited number of jobs. Each job
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