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All notable changes to this project will be documented here.

The format follows Keep a Changelog.

2026-05-21 ​

Added ​

  • Added an extra default stage named extra

Changed ​

  • helpers/helm.yaml now uses cloud-toolbox:helm instead of cloud-toolbox:latest (172 MB vs 1.05 GB)
  • helpers/kubernetes.yaml now uses cloud-toolbox:ci instead of cloud-toolbox:latest (279 MB vs 1.05 GB)
  • helpers/google.yaml now uses cloud-toolbox:gcloud instead of cloud-toolbox:latest (863 MB vs 1.05 GB)
  • helpers/gitlab.yaml now uses cloud-toolbox:base instead of cloud-toolbox:latest (50.8 MB vs 1.05 GB)

2026-05-15 ​

Fixed ​

  • GitLab .gitlab_message now uses Authorization: Bearer header instead of PRIVATE-TOKEN, making it compatible with the default CI_JOB_TOKEN
  • Git .git_release_notes CHANGELOG fallback now guards against unset GIT_COMMITS_FROM/GIT_COMMITS_TO when .git_commits is not in the chain

2026-05-01 ​

Added ​

  • Release notes are now resolved automatically from the GitLab release description, tag message, or CHANGELOG.md
  • Failed deployments now include the stderr job log in the Slack notification
  • Successful deployments now include release notes in the Slack notification

2026-04-29 ​

Added ​

  • GitFlow pipeline: test environment deploys automatically from the default branch; staging and production deploy on tag push
  • Slack helper for deployment notifications with success, failure, and warning message templates
  • GitLab helper for posting merge request notes and creating releases
  • Google Cloud helper for authentication and project setup
  • Sentry helper for release tracking and error reporting integration
  • HTTP helper for generic HTTP request jobs
  • Documentation site covering all pipelines and helpers

Changed ​

  • Preview deployments now trigger automatically when a merge request is open, and fall back to manual otherwise
  • Preview deployments now trigger on feature branch pushes instead of merge request events
  • The test environment has been renamed to staging
  • The tests pipeline stage has been renamed to test

2025-11-11 ​

Added ​

  • Kubernetes/Helm deployment pipeline with preview, test, staging, and production environments
  • DigitalOcean helper for doctl authentication and Kubernetes cluster setup
  • Helm helper for deploying charts from a GitLab Helm registry
  • Kubernetes helper with kubectl jobs and Docker registry secret management
  • Docker buildx support for multi-platform and multi-stage builds
  • Docker variables and base jobs extracted into a standalone helpers/docker.yaml

Changed ​

  • helpers/gitflow.yaml renamed to helpers/git.yaml

2024-07-07 ​

Added ​

  • pre-commit job runs pre-commit hooks automatically in the quality stage
  • yamllint job for YAML linting in the quality stage
  • Default pipeline stages defined: quality, build, test, publish, deploy, release
  • hadolint report output is now configurable with custom args, ignore rules, and report path

2024-07-02 ​

Added ​

  • Docker build pipeline with GitLab registry integration, layer caching, and optional multi-stage build support
  • GitFlow helper with rules scoping jobs to merge requests, tags, and the default branch