[petsc-dev] It would be really nice if you could run a single job on the pipeline with a branch

[Smith, Barry F.]

> On Sep 23, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org> wrote:
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> "Smith, Barry F. via petsc-dev" <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov> writes:
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>>> On Sep 22, 2019, at 11:26 PM, Balay, Satish <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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>>> Even-though a fix addresses a breakage in a single build - that change
>>> could break other things so its generally best to run a full test.
>> 
>>  Sure before a merge we want everything tested but when one is iterating on a single bug it would be a much better use of resources
> 
> FWIW, any containerized jobs can easily be run locally.
> 
> I think there would be complexity for GitLab to deploy this due to
> artifacts and other state that may create dependencies between jobs, but
> for our independent jobs, it should be possible.

  Yes I have done this and it was straightforward to debug problems that arose on the cloud tests. 

 I have added the information to the wiki  https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/wikis/Home feel free to add more details or corrections