Feedback issue: Validate pipeline under selected conditions

Feature details

This issue is to gather feedback on the first iteration of the feature to validate pipeline under selected conditions. See #337282 (closed)

This feature allows you to validate pipeline syntax and the logic established with such keywords as rules, only, except and needs.

In the first iteration, the only condition available for testing is a git push event to the default branch. In further iterations we'd like to introduce more conditions such as different pipeline trigger events and variables.

Implementation Guide

simulate_pipeline_creation method at lib/gitlab/ci/lint.rb:47.

Please provide your feedback

• What's working well?
• What's not working well?
• What can we improve?
• What other conditions would you like to see added to this feature?