GitLab stage ordering

yaml

stages:
  - lint
  - test
  - build
  - deploy

deploy_production:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - ./scripts/deploy.sh
  only:
    - main

Explanation

In GitLab, jobs in later stages wait until earlier stages succeed unless you intentionally relax dependencies.

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