Add posibility to define a hidden job without 'script' in .gitlab-ci.yml

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
index ff9887cba1e..4319d99d520 100644
--- a/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/ci/gitlab_ci_yaml_processor.rb
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ module Ci
       @cache = @config[:cache]
       @config.except!(*ALLOWED_YAML_KEYS)
 
-      # anything that doesn't have script is considered as unknown
       @config.each do |name, param|
-        raise ValidationError, "Unknown parameter: #{name}" unless param.is_a?(Hash) && param.has_key?(:script)
+        raise ValidationError, "Unknown parameter: #{name}" unless is_a_job?(name, param)
       end
 
       unless @config.values.any?{|job| job.is_a?(Hash)}
@@ -80,6 +79,12 @@ module Ci
       end
     end
 
+    def is_a_job?(name, value)
+      return true if value.is_a?(Hash) && value.has_key?(:script)
+      return true if name.to_s.start_with?('.')
+      false
+    end
+
     def build_job(name, job)
       {
         stage_idx: stages.index(job[:stage]),
@@ -112,8 +117,6 @@ module Ci
       true
     end
 
-    private
-
     def validate_global!
       unless validate_array_of_strings(@before_script)
         raise ValidationError, "before_script should be an array of strings"