prefill variables

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prefill variables

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/index.html#prefill-variables-in-manual-pipelines

We want to remove the top-level variables keyword. And our goal was to implement this feature by having pipeline:variables. However, if we agree on Topic 1, we will not have pipeline:variables.

Alternatives;

1. Having pipeline:variables for only prefill variables. They don't contain value but description.

pipeline:
  variables:
    VAR1:
      description: this is var 1
    VAR2:
      description: this is var 2

1. Keeping the top-level variables keyword for only prefill variables. They don't contain value but description.

variables:
  VAR1:
    description: this is var 1
  VAR2:
    description: this is var 2

Question 3: What do you think about this?