Commit 11acaf02 authored by Mike Lewis's avatar Mike Lewis

Merge branch 'merge-train-docs-change' into 'master'

Updated docs for Merge Trains

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!29771
parents 11810cb2 30efffe3
...@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ otherwise pipelines for merged results won't run and your merge requests will be ...@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ otherwise pipelines for merged results won't run and your merge requests will be
## Merge Trains **[PREMIUM]** ## Merge Trains **[PREMIUM]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.0. > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/9186) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.0.
> This feature is disabled by default until we resolve issues with [contention handling](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222), but [can be enabled manually](#enabling-merge-trains). > This feature is disabled by default, but [can be enabled manually](#enabling-merge-trains).
[Pipelines for merged results](#pipelines-for-merged-results-premium) introduces [Pipelines for merged results](#pipelines-for-merged-results-premium) introduces
running a build on the result of the merged code prior to merging, as a way to keep master green. running a build on the result of the merged code prior to merging, as a way to keep master green.
...@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ If the button is subsequently pressed in a different MR, instead of creating a n ...@@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ If the button is subsequently pressed in a different MR, instead of creating a n
it creates a new pipeline targeting the merge result of the previous MR plus the target branch. it creates a new pipeline targeting the merge result of the previous MR plus the target branch.
Pipelines invalidated through failures are immediately canceled and requeued. Pipelines invalidated through failures are immediately canceled and requeued.
CAUTION: **Warning:** CAUTION: **Caution:**
At this moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time** due to a technical challenge. At the moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time**. We plan to make the pipelines for merged results [run in parallel](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) in a future release.
We have [an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) to tackle this problem to make the pipelines for merged results run in parallel.
### Enabling Merge Trains ### Enabling Merge Trains
...@@ -186,11 +185,6 @@ button while the latest pipeline is running. ...@@ -186,11 +185,6 @@ button while the latest pipeline is running.
![Add to merge train when pipeline succeeds](img/merge_train_start_when_pipeline_succeeds.png) ![Add to merge train when pipeline succeeds](img/merge_train_start_when_pipeline_succeeds.png)
### Merge Train's limitations
- At this moment, each merge train can generate a merge ref and run a pipeline **one at a time** due to a technical challenge.
We have [an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11222) to tackle this problem to make the pipelines for merged results run in parallel.
## Excluding certain jobs ## Excluding certain jobs
The behavior of the `only: merge_requests` parameter is such that _only_ jobs with The behavior of the `only: merge_requests` parameter is such that _only_ jobs with
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