Skip package-and-qa if an MR only quarantines tests

.gitlab/ci/qa.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ update-qa-cache:
   before_script:
     - source scripts/utils.sh
     - install_gitlab_gem
+    - tooling/bin/find_change_diffs ${CHANGES_DIFFS_DIR}
   script:
-    - ./scripts/trigger-build omnibus
+    - |
+      if tooling/bin/qa/check_if_only_quarantined_specs ${CHANGES_DIFFS_DIR}; then
+        exit 0
+      else
+        ./scripts/trigger-build omnibus
+      fi
   # These jobs often time out, so temporarily use private runners and a long timeout: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/238563
   tags:
     - prm
@@ -66,14 +72,19 @@ update-qa-cache:
       artifacts: false
     - job: build-assets-image
       artifacts: false
-
-.package-and-qa-ff-base:
-  needs:
     - detect-tests
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 7d
+    paths:
+      - ${CHANGES_FILE}
+      - ${CHANGES_DIFFS_DIR}/*
   variables:
-    CHANGED_FILES: tmp/changed_files.txt
+    CHANGES_FILE: tmp/changed_files.txt
+    CHANGES_DIFFS_DIR: tmp/diffs
+
+.package-and-qa-ff-base:
   script:
-    - export GITLAB_QA_OPTIONS="--set-feature-flags $(scripts/changed-feature-flags --files $(cat $CHANGED_FILES | tr ' ' ',') --state $QA_FF_STATE)"
+    - export GITLAB_QA_OPTIONS="--set-feature-flags $(scripts/changed-feature-flags --files $(cat $CHANGES_FILE | tr ' ' ',') --state $QA_FF_STATE)"
     - echo $GITLAB_QA_OPTIONS
     - ./scripts/trigger-build omnibus
 

.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
 
 .rails:rules:detect-tests:
   rules:
-    - changes: *code-backstage-patterns
+    - changes: *code-backstage-qa-patterns
     - <<: *if-merge-request-labels-run-all-rspec
 
 .rails:rules:detect-previous-failed-tests:

.rubocop.yml

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Naming/FileName:
     - 'ee/lib/generators/**/*'
     - 'scripts/**/*'
     - 'spec/**/*'
-    - 'tooling/bin/*'
+    - 'tooling/bin/**/*'
     - 'ee/spec/**/*'
     - 'jh/spec/**/*'
     - 'qa/bin/*'

tooling/bin/find_change_diffs

+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'gitlab'
+require 'pathname'
+
+# This script saves the diffs of changes in an MR to the directory specified as the first argument
+
+gitlab_token = ENV.fetch('PROJECT_TOKEN_FOR_CI_SCRIPTS_API_USAGE')
+gitlab_endpoint = ENV.fetch('CI_API_V4_URL')
+mr_project_path = ENV.fetch('CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH')
+mr_iid = ENV.fetch('CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID')
+
+abort("ERROR: Please specify a directory to write MR diffs into.") if ARGV.empty?
+output_diffs_dir = Pathname.new(ARGV.shift).expand_path
+
+Gitlab.configure do |config|
+  config.endpoint       = gitlab_endpoint
+  config.private_token  = gitlab_token
+end
+
+Gitlab.merge_request_changes(mr_project_path, mr_iid).changes.each do |change|
+  next if change['diff'].empty?
+
+  output_diffs_dir.join(File.dirname(change['new_path'])).mkpath
+  output_diffs_dir.join("#{change['new_path']}.diff").write(change['diff'])
+end

tooling/bin/qa/check_if_only_quarantined_specs

+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'pathname'
+
+# This script assumes the first argument is a directory of files containing diffs of changes from an MR. It exits with a
+# success code if all diffs add a line that quarantines a test. If any diffs are not specs, or they are specs that don't
+# quarantine a test, it exits with code 1 to indicate failure (i.e., there was _not_ only quarantined specs).
+
+abort("ERROR: Please specify the directory containing MR diffs.") if ARGV.empty?
+diffs_dir = Pathname.new(ARGV.shift).expand_path
+
+diffs_dir.glob('**/*').each do |path|
+  next if path.directory?
+
+  exit 1 unless path.to_s.end_with?('_spec.rb.diff')
+  exit 1 unless path.read.match?(/^\+.*, quarantine:/)
+end