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| author | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-05-19 16:39:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-05-19 16:39:24 -0700 |
| commit | ec3e0da83d3c532e065c39bb0b020f97b57f9c38 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c23fd8400dc317db1c4142f4ea09aba39aa78d6 | |
| parent | a4777d6ea91433a134358de8ca446d96a2e5fd6f (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-docs/clarify-defaulting-behaviour-pipelines-for-mr.tar.gz | |
Fix content to not contradictdocs/clarify-defaulting-behaviour-pipelines-for-mr
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md index 3c26a38e3de..d16511d98c6 100644 --- a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md +++ b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md @@ -70,15 +70,18 @@ when a merge request was created or updated. For example: ## Pipelines for Merged Results **[PREMIUM]** > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/7380) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.10. +> This is feature disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186), but [can be enabled](#enabling-pipelines-for-merged-results). It's possible for your source and target branches to diverge, which can result in the scenario that source branch's pipeline was green, the target's pipeline was green, -but the combined output fails. By having your merge request pipeline automatically +but the combined output fails. + +By having your merge request pipeline automatically create a new ref that contains the merge result of the source and target branch (then running a pipeline on that ref), we can better test that the combined result is also valid. -From GitLab 11.10, pipelines for merge requests run by default +GitLab can run pipelines for merge requests on this merged result. That is, where the source and target branches are combined into a new ref and a pipeline for this ref validates the result prior to merging. @@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ get out of WIP status or resolve merge conflicts as soon as possible. ### Enabling Pipelines for Merged Results -This feature disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186). It can be enabled at the project level: +To enable pipelines on merged results at the project level: 1. Visit your project's **Settings > General** and expand **Merge requests**. 1. Check **Merge pipelines will try to validate the post-merge result prior to merging**. |