Variable expansion implementation in cache policy field (!4085) · Merge requests · GitLab.org / gitlab-runner · GitLab

René Hernández Remedios requested to merge gitlab-community/gitlab-runner:cache-policy-variable into main May 10, 2023

What does this MR do?

Add support for variable expansion in the cache:policy field in CI

Why was this MR needed?

It allows reducing duplication in jobs, by leveraging variables (via rules) to customize the value of cache:policy

What's the best way to test this MR?

A new unit test has been added (TestAbstractShell_cachePolicy) that validates all the different values for cache:policy

What are the relevant issue numbers?

Relates to gitlab#371480 (closed)