Run GitLab CI for a subdirectory in the same project

Question

I have three subprojects (Angular and Node.js) in the same GitLab project. Now I want to create the gitlab-ci.yml file for building and deploying one of this subprojects. Can I create three different gitlab-ci.yml files and run them inside subdirectories? Is it possible? Or should I push those into three different projects?

Serviceman

Answer 1

My personal preference is to keep projects small. So I usually create one GitLab project per, e.g., module, library, program, design, etc.

But if you really wanted to, you could easily either:

• Create a single .gitlab-ci.yml that goes something like:

  my_job:
    stage: test
    script:
      - |
         cd "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/folder1"
         < do stuff >
         cd "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/folder2"
         < do stuff>
         ...
  

• Create multiple gitlab-ci configurations inside the folders and include them in the root .gitlab-ci.yml file

  include:
    - 'folder1/pipeline.yml'
    - 'folder2/pipeline.yml'
  

Note that when using the second option, you will still have to cd folderX since pipelines always start in the repository's root directory, no matter from where they are imported.

Earflap

Great touch with include feature! – Symptomatology