GitLab CI: stages:

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#stages

5 default stages that execute in order if stages: is not defined in .gitlab-ci-yml.

.pre

build

test

deploy

.post

Example:

stages:
  - build
  - test
  - deploy

stages:
  - build
  - test
  - deploy

Related

• Azure Pipelines: stages:

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