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diff --git a/doc/ci/jobs/index.md b/doc/ci/jobs/index.md index 15ec92a896e..753a755cbf3 100644 --- a/doc/ci/jobs/index.md +++ b/doc/ci/jobs/index.md @@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ You can't use these keywords as job names: Job names must be 255 characters or fewer. -Use unique names for your jobs. If multiple jobs have the same name, +Use unique names for your jobs. If multiple jobs have the same name in a file, only one is added to the pipeline, and it's difficult to predict which one is chosen. +If the same job name is used in one or more included files, +[parameters are merged](../yaml/includes.md#override-included-configuration-values). ## Group jobs in a pipeline @@ -267,10 +269,10 @@ You can do this from the job page of the manual job you want to run with additional variables. To access this page, select the **name** of the manual job in the pipeline view, *not* the play (**{play}**) button. -This is useful when you want to alter the execution of a job that uses -[custom CI/CD variables](../variables/index.md#custom-cicd-variables). -Add a variable name (key) and value here to override the value defined in -[the UI or `.gitlab-ci.yml`](../variables/index.md#custom-cicd-variables), +Define CI/CD variables here when you want to alter the execution of a job that uses +[CI/CD variables](../variables/index.md). +Add a variable name (key) and value to [override the value](../variables/index.md#override-a-defined-cicd-variable) +defined in the UI or `.gitlab-ci.yml` for a single run of the manual job.  |