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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-02-15 11:29:19 +0000
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-02-15 11:29:19 +0000
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Merge branch 'docs/builds-to-jobs-massacre' into 'master'
Rename builds to jobs in docs See merge request !9204
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@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# Introduction to pipelines and builds
+# Introduction to pipelines and jobs
>**Note:**
Introduced in GitLab 8.8.
## Pipelines
-A pipeline is a group of [builds][] that get executed in [stages][](batches).
-All of the builds in a stage are executed in parallel (if there are enough
+A pipeline is a group of [jobs][] that get executed in [stages][](batches).
+All of the jobs in a stage are executed in parallel (if there are enough
concurrent [Runners]), and if they all succeed, the pipeline moves on to the
-next stage. If one of the builds fails, the next stage is not (usually)
+next stage. If one of the jobs fails, the next stage is not (usually)
executed.
![Pipelines example](img/pipelines.png)
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ Example continuous delivery flow:
![CD Flow](img/pipelines-goal.svg)
-## Builds
+## Jobs
-Builds are individual runs of [jobs]. Not to be confused with a `build` job or
-`build` stage.
+Jobs can be defined in the [`.gitlab-ci.yml`][jobs-yaml] file. Not to be
+confused with a `build` job or `build` stage.
## Defining pipelines
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ See full [documentation](yaml/README.md#jobs).
You can find the current and historical pipeline runs under **Pipelines** for
your project.
-## Seeing build status
+## Seeing job status
-Clicking on a pipeline will show the builds that were run for that pipeline.
-Clicking on an individual build will show you its build trace, and allow you to
-cancel the build, retry it, or erase the build trace.
+Clicking on a pipeline will show the jobs that were run for that pipeline.
+Clicking on an individual job will show you its job trace, and allow you to
+cancel the job, retry it, or erase the job trace.
## How the pipeline duration is calculated
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ total running time should be:
## Badges
-Build status and test coverage report badges are available. You can find their
+Job status and test coverage report badges are available. You can find their
respective link in the [Pipelines settings] page.
-[builds]: #builds
-[jobs]: yaml/README.md#jobs
+[jobs]: #jobs
+[jobs-yaml]: yaml/README.md#jobs
[stages]: yaml/README.md#stages
[runners]: runners/README.html
[pipelines settings]: ../user/project/pipelines/settings.md