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# Pipelines for merge requests
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15310) in GitLab 11.6
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15310) in GitLab 11.6
.
Usually, when
a developer creates
a new merge request, a pipeline runs on the
Usually, when
you create
a new merge request, a pipeline runs on the
new change and checks if it's qualified to be merged into a target branch. This
pipeline should contain only necessary jobs for checking the new changes.
For example, unit tests, lint checks, and Review Apps are often used in this cycle.
For example, unit tests, lint checks, and
[
Review Apps
](
../review_apps/index.md
)
are often used in this cycle.
With pipelines for merge requests, you can design a specific pipeline structure
for merge requests. All you need to do is just adding
`only: [merge_requests]`
to
...
...
@@ -14,10 +15,10 @@ Every time, when developers create or update merge requests, a pipeline runs on
their new commits at every push to GitLab.
NOTE:
**Note**
:
If you use both this feature and
the
[
Merge When Pipeline Succeeds
](
../../user/project/merge_requests/merge_when_pipeline_succeeds.md
)
feature, pipelines for merge requests take precen
dence over the other regular pipelines.
If you use both this feature and
[
Merge When Pipeline Succeeds
](
../../user/project/merge_requests/merge_when_pipeline_succeeds.md
)
,
pipelines for merge requests take prece
dence over the other regular pipelines.
For example, consider
a GitLab CI/CD configuration in .gitlab-ci.yml as follows
:
For example, consider
the following
[
`.gitlab-ci.yml`
](
../yaml/README.md
)
:
```
yaml
build
:
...
...
@@ -39,20 +40,18 @@ deploy:
script
:
./deploy
```
After
a developer updated code in a merge request with whatever methods (e.g.
`git push`
),
GitLab detects that the code is updated and create
a new pipeline for the merge request.
After
the merge request is updated with new commits, GitLab detects that changes
have occurred and creates
a new pipeline for the merge request.
The pipeline fetches the latest code from the source branch and run tests against it.
In th
is
example, the pipeline contains only
`build`
and
`test`
jobs.
Since
`deploy`
job does no
t have the
`only: [merge_requests]`
rule,
In th
e above
example, the pipeline contains only
`build`
and
`test`
jobs.
Since
the
`deploy`
job doesn'
t have the
`only: [merge_requests]`
rule,
deployment jobs will not happen in the merge request.
Consider this pipeline list viewed from the
**Pipelines**
tab in a merge request:
Pipelines tagged as
**merge request**
indicate that they were triggered
when a merge request was created or updated.
![
Merge request page
](
img/merge_request.png
)
Note that pipelines tagged as
**merge request**
indicate that they were triggered
when a merge request was created or updated.
The same tag is shown on the pipeline's details:
![
Pipeline's details
](
img/pipeline_detail.png
)
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@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ flow, external contributors follow the following steps:
1.
Create a merge request from the forked project that targets the
`master`
branch
in the parent project.
1.
A pipeline runs on the merge request.
1.
A main
at
iner from the parent project checks the pipeline result, and merge
1.
A main
ta
iner from the parent project checks the pipeline result, and merge
into a target branch if the latest pipeline has passed.
Currently, those pipelines are created in a
**forked**
project, not in the
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...
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ by tweaking their GitLab Runner in the forked project.
There are multiple reasons about why GitLab doesn't allow those pipelines to be
created in the parent project, but one of the biggest reasons is security concern.
External users could steal secret variables from the parent project by modifying
.gitlab-ci.yml
, which could be some sort of credentials. This should not happen.
`.gitlab-ci.yml`
, which could be some sort of credentials. This should not happen.
We're discussing a secure solution of running pipelines for merge requests
that submitted from forked projects,
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