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Implement passing ENV variables from dependent jobs

What does this MR do?

Related to: #22638 (closed)

With help of DotEnv Variables Support, we can easily inherit env variables of dependent jobs.

With this MR, a job will inherit all Ci::JobVariables of dependencies if they are sourced with dotenv.

It will be enabled with FF ci_dependency_variables. (and will be deleted with a follow-up issue)

NOTE:

The implementation is different than Technical proposal of the issue.

Example

build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "BUILD_VERSION=hello" >> build.env
  artifacts:
    reports:
      dotenv: build.env

deploy:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - echo $BUILD_VERSION
  dependencies:
    - build

Screenshots

gitlab-ci.yml

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Pipeline

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Job: test

Screen_Shot_2020-05-15_at_12.08.10

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

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  • [-] The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods
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Edited by Mayra Cabrera

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