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Allow variables to be used in workflow:name

Reuben Pereira requested to merge rp/pipeline-title-variable-expansion into master

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In !97502 (merged), we added workflow:name as an optional attribute, which applies a name to pipelines. This MR adds the ability to use variables in workflow:name. The variables can be nested.

#372538 (closed)

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  1. Enable the pipeline_name feature flag by running the following in a Rails console: Feature.enable(:pipeline_name).
  2. Add the following to .gitlab-ci.yml in GDK/GCK:
    workflow:
      name: '$PIPELINE_NAME'
      rules:
        - variables:
            PIPELINE_NAME: 'Pipeline for $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH'
  3. Start a pipeline.
  4. In rails console, check that the pipeline name is set to Pipeline for master (or whichever branch you ran the pipeline in): Ci::Pipeline.find(<id>).title

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