spec: inputs: cache_strategy: type: string description: | (empty for auto) | none | runner | cachix | attic Sets the default strategy and will be overridden by $NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY default: "none" cache_files: type: array description: | Files to use as the cache key for the generated pipeline yaml. If you use "ci.nix" to define CI, add that here for example default: ["flake.nix", "flake.lock"] --- stages: - build - trigger variables: # which version of the image should be used _NIX_CI_VERSION: ${NIX_CI_VERSION} _NIX_CI_IMAGE: registry.gitlab.com/technofab/nix-gitlab-ci/nix-ci:${_NIX_CI_VERSION} # force build the pipeline yaml _NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD: ${NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD} # disable caching on the child pipeline jobs _NIX_CI_DISABLE_CACHE: ${NIX_CI_DISABLE_CACHE} # type of cache strategy to use (none, runner, attic, cachix) _NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY: $[[ inputs.cache_strategy ]] # for multiple pipelines _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: ${CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE} # set NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES to something like "/^web/" or "/^web|push/", # then this will default to the "default" pipeline for these sources. # By default we map everything to "default" (man that's quite a bunch of defaults) _NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES: "/.*/" .env_overrides: &env_overrides rules: - if: $NIX_CI_IMAGE != null variables: _NIX_CI_IMAGE: $NIX_CI_IMAGE - if: $NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY != null variables: _NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY: $NIX_CI_CACHE_STRATEGY - if: $NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES != null variables: _NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES: $NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE =~ $_NIX_CI_DEFAULT_SOURCES' variables: _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: default - if: $NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME != null variables: _NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME: $NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME - when: on_success nix-ci:build: <<: *env_overrides stage: build image: $_NIX_CI_IMAGE cache: - key: files: $[[ inputs.cache_files ]] prefix: $_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME paths: - generated-gitlab-ci.yml - key: nix paths: - .nix-cache/ before_script: # generated-gitlab-ci.yml exists in the cache - '[ -f "generated-gitlab-ci.yml" ] && export CACHED=true && echo "A cached pipeline file exists (skip cache with NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD)" || true' # allow the user to manually skip the cache (when the key files are not correctly configured etc.) - '[ -n "$_NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD" ] && unset CACHED && echo "Caching skipped for this job (through NIX_CI_FORCE_BUILD)" || true' # only setup when we need to generate the pipeline yaml - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then source setup_nix_ci; fi' script: # build the generated-gitlab-ci.yml if it does not exist in the cache - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then nix eval --json ".#gitlab-ci:pipeline:${_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME}" &>/dev/null && _NAME=$_NIX_CI_PIPELINE_NAME || _NAME="default"; fi' - 'if [ -z "$CACHED" ]; then nix build .#gitlab-ci:pipeline:${_NAME} && install result generated-gitlab-ci.yml; fi' after_script: # save to binary cache or Gitlab CI cache only if we actually built something # check if /tmp/nix-store-before exists as $CACHED never exists here and the file only exists if "setup_nix_ci" is called - 'if [ -f "/tmp/nix-store-before" ]; then finalize_nix_ci; fi' artifacts: paths: - generated-gitlab-ci.yml nix-ci:trigger: <<: *env_overrides stage: trigger needs: - nix-ci:build trigger: include: - artifact: generated-gitlab-ci.yml job: nix-ci:build strategy: depend forward: pipeline_variables: true