Add --ensure-needs option

[Aohzan]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Hello, is it possible, when I specify the --needs option, to run needed job only the first time and skip them after ?

Describe the solution you'd like Something like gitlab-ci-local MyJob --needs-if-missing

Additional context I have a pipeline, with a Lint job that need to install dependencies, but I don't want to download them each time, because this lasts for 1 minute

thank you

[firecow]

Well, it's possible I would consider it extremely nice-to-have, though 😁

In general, you want your deps install job to be smart about reinstallation via caches n' other techniques.

[Aohzan]

Yes but in a classic pipeline when we need to run a job again it just use what was exported by previous job, we don't need to run all needs in my case, I want to add the lint job in the pre-commit hook of my repo but I don't want users lost 1 minute for each commit, without asking them to run needs before the first commit

[firecow]

Won't if [ -f "node_modules"]; then gitlab-ci-local eslint; fi do just that?

But yeah, I get your point.

What could be a good name for such a cli option? --ensure-needs ?

[Aohzan]

yes I could check if .gitlab-ci-local/artifacts/my_needed_job exists, it will ask a custom command in the pre-commit config but I can do that otherwise --ensure-needs is a good name :+1:

[Aohzan]

Hello! Still interested by the feature 😄 Thank you

[Aohzan]

Hello @firecow Do you think the feature can be added in a near future ?

[firecow]

I can't give any estimates. I only work on this project when i got time.

[Aohzan]

I understand, thank you

[firecow]

We should call the option --ensure-artifacts shouldn't we?

Because dependencies can also make a job "want" artifacts.

[Aohzan]

as long as needed jobs are included it's good for me