Use "trigger" keyword for pipeline.

Summary

Use "trigger" keyword for pipeline. See #8 (closed)

Focus

Are the variables set correctly?

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Look at pipelines and see if they work.

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.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 variables:
   JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-julialib/testenv:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
-  JULIAINTTEST_PIPELINE: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/120/trigger/pipeline
+  # JULIAINTTEST_PIPELINE: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/120/trigger/pipeline
   JULIAINTTEST_BRANCHES: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/120/repository/branches
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: normal
 
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ variables:
   TRIGGERED_BY_HASH: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
 
   # The defalt branch to use with caosdb-cpplib
-  # TODO: Change back to dev once f-consolidate-c has been merged.
   CPP_DEFAULT_BRANCH: dev
 
+  # For storing cross-job values
+  DOTENV: custom.env
+
 image: $JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE
 
 stages:
@@ -153,13 +155,14 @@ test_pages:
     refs:
       - main
 
-# trigger the integration tests
-trigger_inttest:
+trigger_prepare:
+  # Calculate the branch name
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: deploy
   script:
     ## Determine the juliainttest branch...
     # ... use an f-branch if posible...
+    - F_BRANCH=dev
     - if echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
         if curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" $JULIAINTTEST_BRANCHES/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME | grep "404"; then
           JULIAINT_REF=dev ;
@@ -175,22 +178,40 @@ trigger_inttest:
     - JULIAINT_REF=${JULIAINT_REF:-dev}
     - F_BRANCH=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
-    - echo "Triggering caosdb-juliainttest@${JULIAINT_REF} (F_BRANCH=$F_BRANCH)"
-    - curl -w "%{stderr}HTTPCODE=%{http_code}" -X POST
-      -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REPO]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REPO"
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REF]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REF"
-      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_HASH]=$TRIGGERED_BY_HASH"
-      -F "variables[JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE]=$JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE"
-      -F "variables[CPPLIB_REF]=${CPP_DEFAULT_BRANCH}"
-      -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=${F_BRANCH}"
-      -F ref=${JULIAINT_REF} $JULIAINTTEST_PIPELINE 2>HTTPCODE
-
-    # fail if the request failed
-    - grep -c "HTTPCODE=2" HTTPCODE
+    # Write to dotenv
+    - echo "JULIAINT_REF=${JULIAINT_REF}" >> "$DOTENV"
+    - echo "F_BRANCH=${F_BRANCH}" >> "$DOTENV"
+    - echo "CPPLIB_REF={$CPP_DEFAULT_BRANCH}"
+    - cat "$DOTENV"
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: "$DOTENV"
+    expire_in: 1 day
 
 
-# WARNING: This template is using the `julia` images from [Docker
+# trigger the integration tests
+trigger_inttest:
+  stage: deploy
+  needs: [ trigger_prepare ]
+  inherit:
+    variables:
+      # List the variables that shall be inherited, which also means they will override any equally
+      # named varibles in child pipelines.
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_REPO
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_REF
+      - TRIGGERED_BY_HASH
+      - JULIALIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE
+  variables:
+    # dotenv variables must be set again here.
+    F_BRANCH: $F_BRANCH
+    CPPLIB_REF: $CPPLIB_REF
+  trigger:
+    project: caosdb/src/caosdb-juliainttest
+    branch: $JULIAINT_REF
+    strategy: depend
+
+
+# WARNING: This template uses the `julia` images from [Docker
 # Hub][3]. One can use custom Julia images and/or the official ones
 # found in the same place. However, care must be taken to correctly
 # locate the binary file (`/opt/julia/bin/julia` above), which is