| `CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION` | 10.8 | all | The description of the commit: the message without first line, if the title is shorter than 100 characters; full message in other case. |
| `CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION` | 10.8 | all | The description of the commit: the message without first line, if the title is shorter than 100 characters; full message in other case. |
| `CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE` | 10.8 | all | The full commit message. |
| `CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE` | 10.8 | all | The full commit message. |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME` | 9.0 | all | The branch or tag name for which project is built |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME` | 9.0 | all | The branch or tag name for which project is built |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED` | 11.11 | all | `true` if the job is running on a protected branch, `false` if not |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED` | 11.11 | all | `true` if the job is running on a protected reference, `false` if not |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG` | 9.0 | all | `$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME` lowercased, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except `0-9` and `a-z` replaced with `-`. No leading / trailing `-`. Use in URLs, host names and domain names. |
| `CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG` | 9.0 | all | `$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_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_SHORT_SHA` | 11.7 | all | The first eight characters of `CI_COMMIT_SHA` |
