GitLab delivery with glab + CI/CD

Operate GitLab from the terminal with glab and build maintainable .gitlab-ci.yml pipelines. This skill encodes patterns and gotchas proven on real MR-gated, package- releasing pipelines — not textbook defaults.

When to use

• Stand up a GitLab project and protect main (MR-only) the right way.
• Author or refactor .gitlab-ci.yml: stages, rules: conditional execution, reusable templates, manual release gates, scheduled jobs, artifact passing.
• Manage MRs, CI/CD variables, and pipeline schedules from the CLI.
• Debug the classic failures: masked-variable rejection, secrets not reaching a pipeline, hotfix jobs missing protected credentials, YAML anchors breaking script:.

How to work