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= GitLab CI templates

Templates for GitLab Continuous Integration are provided in the folder link:ci-templates[]. These can be included from any repo by using `include:project`:

```yml
include::examples/simple_include.yml[]
```

== Core Pipeline
The Core pipeline, defined in link:ci-templates/core.yml[], has the following structure:

- Stage: `build`
  * Check python syntax
  * `.industrial_ci` template (see https://github.com/ros-industrial/industrial_ci[the industrial_ci repo]), which can be used to define jobs that build `ROS` packages
    ** Needs the `ROS_DISTRO` variable to be defined
    ** If the package has `.rosinstall` dependencies, they can be installed using the variable `UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE`
    ** Uses `flexbotics-base-devel:${ROS_DISTRO}` as a starting image
    ** Runs link:scripts/ci_run_entry_points.sh[] in the `AFTER_SETUP_TARGET_WORKSPACE` stage, which in turn finds and runs every `ci_entry_script.bash` script found in the target repo.
  * `.industrial_ci_deploy` template, which:
    ** Runs `industrial_ci` by extending `.industrial_ci`
    ** Runs some cleanup in the `industrial_ci` context (e.g. delete sources)
    ** Commits image used by `industrial_ci`
    ** Builds deployment image on top of it and push it to our registry
- Stage: `.post`
  * Check `bash`/`sh` script syntax
  * Check Markdown and AsciiDoc syntax
  * Check files have no trailing whitespace and are `UTF-8` encoded
  * Check that `C++` files follow this link:clang-format[]

It is important to note that both templates set the variable `GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE`, which means that when the repositories are cloned/fetched, the files hosted using Git LFS will not be downloaded. An example on how to explicitely fetch the files from LFS can be found in the https://git.code.tecnalia.com/tecnalia_robotics/common_config/blob/e93dbe6379d94e6a895a33c59bf17ccab26eacf9/.gitlab-ci.yml#L132[common_config repository].

== Manual Jobs

Using the templates defined by the core pipeline, one can easily define jobs to build the packages in the repo.

```yml
include::examples/manual_job.yml[]
```

More examples can be found in link:ci-templates/examples[].

== Auto Rules
In the link:ci-templates/auto-rules[] folder, automatic pipelines are defined that will try to detect the ROS distro from the branch name and create jobs.
For example, if the branch starts with `noetic-` it will build for noetic.
If the branch doesn't start with any ROS distro, it will build the default distro, which can be specified with the variable `DEFAULT_DISTRO`.
For convenience, some templates are provided that already set this variable.
If your repo needs to uses `.rosinstall`, you can use the templates in the link:ci-templates/auto-rules/with-rosinstall[] folder.

The auto rules also allow for using variables to explicitely activate each job:

```yml
include::examples/build_vars.yml[]
```