include:inputs not passed as expected when using wildcard path

Context

For easier maintenance, I have split the root pipeline file /.gitlab-ci.yml in smaller chunks. So they are all included, passing spec inputs through.

As Gitlab CI has a single pipeline for all workflows, I use spec inputs with rules to filter out jobs based on which workflows to run.

Implementation

In order to achieve this, I have this MCE:

• /.gitlab-ci.yml

spec:
  inputs:
    workflow:
      default: "none"
      options:
      - "none"
      - "debug"
---
stages:
- test

include:
- local: ".gitlab-ci.d/*.yml"
  inputs:
    workflow: "$[[ inputs.workflow ]]"

variables:
  DEBUG_WORKFLOW: "$[[ inputs.workflow ]]"

debug-witness:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - when: "always"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

debug-input:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - if: "'$[[ inputs.workflow ]]' != 'none'"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

debug-variable:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - if: "$DEBUG_WORKFLOW != 'none'"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

• /.gitlab-ci.d/deploy.yml

spec:
  inputs:
    workflow:
      default: "none"
      options:
      - "none"
      - "debug"
---
variables:
  DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY: "$[[ inputs.workflow ]]"

debug-deploy-input:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - if: "'$[[ inputs.workflow ]]' != 'none'"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

debug-deploy-variable-global:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - if: "$DEBUG_WORKFLOW != 'none'"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

debug-deploy-variable-local:
  stage: "test"
  needs: []
  rules:
  - if: "$DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY != 'none'"
  image: "alpine:latest"
  script:
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW}'\""
  - "echo \"DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY='${DEBUG_WORKFLOW_DEPLOY}'\""

Actual

Here are the included and run jobs based on event:

• When pushing commit:
  • debug-witness
• On new pipeline with workflow=debug:
  • debug-deploy-variable-global
  • debug-input
  • debug-variable
  • debug-witness

Expected

If pushing commit works as expected. For pipeline created with workflow=debug, we expected the following additional jobs:

• debug-deploy-input
• debug-deploy-variable-local