Merge branch 'jlenny-CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA' into 'master'

Add new predefined variable CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA

Closes #48061

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!23822

app/models/ci/build.rb

@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ module Ci
         variables.append(key: 'CI_JOB_NAME', value: name)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_JOB_STAGE', value: stage)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_SHA', value: sha)
+        variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA', value: short_sha)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA', value: before_sha)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME', value: ref)
         variables.append(key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG', value: ref_slug)

changelogs/unreleased/jlenny-CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA.yml

+---
+title: Add new pipeline variable CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+merge_request: 23822
+author:
+type: added

doc/ci/variables/README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ future GitLab releases.**
 | **CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME**                    | 9.0    | all    | The branch or tag name for which project is built |
 | **CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG**                    | 9.0    | all    | `$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME` lowercased, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except `0-9` and `a-z` replaced with `-`. No leading / trailing `-`. Use in URLs, host names and domain names. |
 | **CI_COMMIT_SHA**                         | 9.0    | all    | The commit revision for which project is built |
+| **CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA**                   | 11.7   | all    | The first eight characters of `CI_COMMIT_SHA` |
 | **CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA**                  | 11.2   | all    | The previous latest commit present on a branch before a push request. |
 | **CI_COMMIT_TAG**                         | 9.0    | 0.5    | The commit tag name. Present only when building tags. |
 | **CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE**                     | 10.8   | all    | The full commit message. |
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ Running on runner-8a2f473d-project-1796893-concurrent-0 via runner-8a2f473d-mach
 ++ CI_DEBUG_TRACE=false
 ++ export CI_COMMIT_SHA=dd648b2e48ce6518303b0bb580b2ee32fadaf045
 ++ CI_COMMIT_SHA=dd648b2e48ce6518303b0bb580b2ee32fadaf045
+++ export CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=dd648b2e
+++ CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=dd648b2e
 ++ export CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA=dd648b2e48ce6518303b0bb580b2ee32fadaf045
 ++ CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA=dd648b2e48ce6518303b0bb580b2ee32fadaf045
 ++ export CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=master
@@ -462,6 +465,7 @@ Example values:
 ```bash
 export CI_JOB_ID="50"
 export CI_COMMIT_SHA="1ecfd275763eff1d6b4844ea3168962458c9f27a"
+export CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA="1ecfd275"
 export CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME="master"
 export CI_REPOSITORY_URL="https://gitlab-ci-token:abcde-1234ABCD5678ef@example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git"
 export CI_COMMIT_TAG="1.0.0"

spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb

@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ describe Ci::Build do
           { key: 'CI_JOB_NAME', value: 'test', public: true },
           { key: 'CI_JOB_STAGE', value: 'test', public: true },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_SHA', value: build.sha, public: true },
+          { key: 'CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA', value: build.short_sha, public: true },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA', value: build.before_sha, public: true },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME', value: build.ref, public: true },
           { key: 'CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG', value: build.ref_slug, public: true },
@@ -2725,6 +2726,7 @@ describe Ci::Build do
       it 'returns static predefined variables' do
         keys = %w[CI_JOB_NAME
                   CI_COMMIT_SHA
+                  CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
                   CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
                   CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
                   CI_JOB_STAGE]