• Introduction


• 1. Use a local docker image in early stages of job creation


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  2. Use gitlab-ci-local to run pipelines locally
  
  
  
  
  • Validate pipeline YAML
  
  
  • Run a full pipeline
  
  
  • Run just a job
  
  
  • Handle UI variables
  
  
  
  


• 3. Declare test branches to simulate long-lived branches and tags


• Conclusion


• Further reading

Introduction

As developers and CICD engineers, we are all too familiar with the time-consuming process of iterating on GitLab CI YAML modifications. It can be a frustrating cycle that involves multiple steps and …

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