my project builds under windows and linux.I have setup a gitlab-runner on windows and one on a linux machine. Now I want to configure the ".gitlab-ci.yml" for building on both machines. BUT, depending on the operating system, I'd like to call a different build script for the build.
Example ".gitlab-ci.yaml" (not working)
mybuild:
# on linux
script:
- ./build-linux.sh
# on windows
script
- buildwin.bat
How can i achieve this in the .gitlab-ci.yml?
You can't. The way to achieve it is to
duplicate the job and run one job only on runners with the tag "linux-runner" and the second job only on runners with the "windows-runner" tag.
linux build:
stage: build
tags:
- linux-runner
script:
- ./build-linux.sh
windows build:
stage: build
tags:
- windows-runner
script:
- buildwin.bat
The solution generally suggested to create two jobs doesn't fit my needs. My need is to be able to use a Windows or on a Linux/MacOS runner, whatever is the one available.
My suggested trick is to create a call script in /usr/local/bin so it can mimic the Windows call command:
#/bin/bash
./$*
If you want to invoke Gradle wrapper for example, you can simply write in the gitlab-ci.yml:
script:
- call gradle
it also works with a specific script (for instance "build.bat" for Windows, and "build" for MacOS/Linux):
script:
- call build
I hope that will help someone with the same need as me.