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Reputation: 835

Gitlab CI shell on windows only runs before_script

My CI runner will only run a single line. I'm trying to run npm install prior to eslint. However, if I add npm install to the before_script section, then only npm install runs and the build reports success without ever actually running eslint. Are multiple commands not supported on a windows shell runner?

I also tried moving npm install into the lint job, with the same result.

I have installed the gitlab multi-runner on a windows host. Here is my .gitlab-ci.yml

before_script:
  - npm install

stages:
  - test

cache:
  key: "$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME"
  paths:
    - node_modules/

lint:
  stage: test
  tags:
    - javascript
  script:
    - eslint **/*.js

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1630

Answers (2)

pchiquet
pchiquet

Reputation: 3187

Solution

You need to add "call" before any npm commands in your .gitlab-ci.yml file :

before_script:
  - 'call npm install'

It is required for all npm commands when Windows shell runner is used.

Explanation

npm is a shell script. So you must add call to execute this script in a sub shell. Otherwise an "exit" command in the npm script closes the shell launched by gitlab.

See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/issues/1025

Upvotes: 2

Bort
Bort

Reputation: 835

This is a problem with the default shell using cmd.exe on Windows. Changing it to Powershell seems to do the trick.

Upvotes: 0

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