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## Hidden keys
## Hidden keys
(jobs)
> Introduced in GitLab 8.6 and GitLab Runner v1.1.1.
Keys that start with a dot (
`.`
) will be not processed by GitLab CI. You can
use this feature to ignore jobs, or use the
[
special YAML features
](
#special-yaml-features
)
and transform the hidden keys
into templates.
If you want to temporarily 'disable' a job, rather than commenting out all the
lines where the job is defined:
```
#hidden_job:
# script:
# - run test
```
In the following example,
`.key_name`
will be ignored:
you can instead start its name with a dot (
`.`
) and it will not be processed by
GitLab CI. In the following example,
`.hidden_job`
will be ignored:
```
yaml
.
key_name
:
.
hidden_job
:
script
:
-
r
ake spec
-
r
un test
```
Hidden keys can be hashes like normal CI jobs, but you are also allowed to use
different types of structures to leverage special YAML features.
Use this feature to ignore jobs, or use the
[
special YAML features
](
#special-yaml-features
)
and transform the hidden keys
into templates.
## Special YAML features
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YAML has a handy feature called 'anchors', which lets you easily duplicate
content across your document. Anchors can be used to duplicate/inherit
properties, and is a perfect example to be used with
[
hidden keys
](
#hidden-keys
)
properties, and is a perfect example to be used with
[
hidden keys
](
#hidden-keys
-jobs
)
to provide templates for your jobs.
The following example uses anchors and map merging. It will create two jobs,
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