how to access multiple repositories in CI build?

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Udo G picture Udo G · Oct 7, 2015 · Viewed 45.3k times · Source

We have a project that is composed of multiple (non-public) repositories.

To build the whole project, the build system needs to have the files of all repositories (master branches).

Is there a way I can configure GitLab CI to provide the repositories I need?

I guess I could do a git fetch or similar during the CI build, but how to deal with authentication then?

Answer

microe14 picture microe14 · May 3, 2018

If you are running gitlab version 8.12 or later, the permissions model was reworked. Along with this new permission model comes the the CI environment variable CI_JOB_TOKEN. The premium version of GitLab uses this environment variable for triggers, but you can use it to clone repos.

dummy_stage:
  script:
    - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.instance/group/project.git

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