Re: [RFC PATCH 14/15] gitlab-ci: Allow forks to use different set of jobs

[Thomas Huth]

On 19/04/2021 01.34, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Forks run the same jobs than mainstream, which might be overkill.
> Allow them to easily rebase their custom set, while keeping using
> the mainstream templates, and ability to pick specific jobs from
> the mainstream set.
>
> To switch to your set, simply add your .gitlab-ci.yml as
> .gitlab-ci.d/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}.yml (where CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE
> is your gitlab 'namespace', usually username). This file will be
> used instead of the default mainstream set.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
>   .gitlab-ci.yml | 7 ++++++-
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> index 718c8e004be..35fd35075db 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
> @@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ generate-config:
>       paths:
>         - generated-config.yml
>     script:
> -    - cp .gitlab-ci.d/qemu-project.yml generated-config.yml
> +    - if test -e .gitlab-ci.d/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}.yml ;
> +      then
> +        cp .gitlab-ci.d/${CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE}.yml generated-config.yml ;
> +      else
> +        cp .gitlab-ci.d/qemu-project.yml generated-config.yml ;
> +      fi

I think you could merge this with the previous patch, since the previous 
patch is not very useful on its own.

Anyway, I like the idea, that could be useful for downstream, indeed!

 Thomas