<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=392332) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ## Summary !reference tags are not evaluated in multi line commands. It would be great to have that as a possibility since we use it to reuse code. Especially in conditions or loops it is currently not directly possible to reuse code. ## Steps to reproduce Have a !reference tag inside a multi line command <details> <summary> .gitlab-ci.yml </summary> ```yml stages: # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution - build build-job: # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first. stage: build script: - echo "Compiling the code..." - | echo "This is a multi line command" !reference [.reused-script, script] - echo "Compile complete." .reused-script: script: - echo "This is working" ``` </details> ## Actual behavior The !reference tag ist not replaced by the referenced code. ## Expected behavior The !reference tag ist replaced by the referenced code. Output: This is a multi line command This is working ## Relevant logs and/or screenshots <!-- Paste the job logs inside of the code blocks (```) below so it would be easier to read. --> <details> <summary> job log </summary> ```sh Running with gitlab-runner 15.2.0 (7f093137) on Local machine(Thore) e2Lk-y91 Resolving secrets 00:00 Preparing the "shell" executor 00:00 Using Shell executor... Preparing environment 00:05 Running on DEAGM11951... Getting source from Git repository 00:05 Fetching changes with git depth set to 20... Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Program Files/gitlab-runner/builds/e2Lk-y91/0/staecth/gitlab-ci-test/.git/ Created fresh repository. Checking out 6838ad89 as main... git-lfs/3.2.0 (GitHub; windows amd64; go 1.18.2) Skipping Git submodules setup Executing "step_script" stage of the job script 00:00 $ echo "Compiling the code..." Compiling the code... $ echo "This is a multi line command" # collapsed multi-line command This is a multi line command !reference: Line | 232 | !reference [.reused-script, script] | ~~~~~~~~~~ | The term '!reference' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. Cleaning up project directory and file based variables 00:01 ERROR: Job failed: exit status 1 ``` </details> ## Investigation log - 2023-02-18: Created a pipeline using the example provided in the [steps to produce section](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392332#steps-to-reproduce). The job will fail. - 2023-02-18: Created a new pipeline, but instead moved the command to a separate line. The job completes successfully. ``` stages: - build build-job: stage: build script: - echo "Compiling the code..." - echo "!reference [.reused-script, script] command in separate line" - !reference [.reused-script, script] - echo "Compile complete." .reused-script: script: - echo "This is working" ``` ### screenshot  ## Proposal {placeholder for solution proposal}