Minimal GitLab CI pipeline

yaml

stages:
  - test
  - build

default:
  image: node:20

cache:
  paths:
    - node_modules/

test:
  stage: test
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm test

build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run build

Explanation

GitLab pipelines are defined in `.gitlab-ci.yml` and usually organized with `stages` and jobs.

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