From 2409ec604ce5986177191fe38a82715c21e19561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Lussier <mlussier@gitlab.com> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:09:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md --- doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md b/doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md index e3a8141ed882c..826112f32be94 100644 --- a/doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md +++ b/doc/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/index.md @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ type: index, howto >[Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/4642) in GitLab 10.6. -GitLab CI/CD can be used with [GitHub](github_integration.md), [Bitbucket Cloud](bitbucket_integration.md), or any other -Git server. +GitLab CI/CD can be used with [GitHub](github_integration.md), [Bitbucket Cloud](bitbucket_integration.md), +or any other Git server, though there are some [limitations](#limitations). Instead of moving your entire project to GitLab, you can connect your external repository to get the benefits of GitLab CI/CD. @@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ The variable names are prefixed with `CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_`. ### Limitations -This feature currently does not support Pull Requests from fork repositories. Any Pull Requests from fork repositories are ignored. [Read more](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/5667). +This feature does not support: + +- The [manual connection method](github_integration.md#connect-manually) required for GitHub Enterprise. + If the integration is connected manually, external pull requests [do not trigger pipelines](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/323336#note_884820753). +- Pull requests from fork repositories. [Pull Requests from fork repositories are ignored](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/5667). Given that GitLab creates 2 pipelines, if changes are pushed to a remote branch that references an open Pull Request, both contribute to the status of the Pull Request -- GitLab