Gitlab Needs Vs Dependencies. GitLab vs GitHub Which Works for Your Needs? You can set dependencies to fan in or out, and even merge back together (diamond dependencies). dependencies: only says which artifacts your job is going to download, as opposed to the default behavior of jobs, which is to download all artifacts of all preceding jobs
A quick guide to GitLab Dependency Scanning from about.gitlab.com
When Gitlab first introduced concept of needs I started experimenting with it At first glance it seems like it should replace dependencies entirely, and some guides advise switching to needs as it should work "better"
A quick guide to GitLab Dependency Scanning
Mike's Work Labbook This is for tracking general issues/todos/snippets/wiki whatever, that is not connected to a specific Project When GitLab knows the dependencies between your jobs, jobs can run as fast as possible, even starting earlier than other jobs in the same stage. Common problems with dependencies and needs include: Missing dependencies; Incompatible dependencies; Circular dependencies
GitLab vs GitHub A 2024 Comparison Incredibuild. You can set dependencies to fan in or out, and even merge back together (diamond dependencies). When Gitlab first introduced concept of needs I started experimenting with it
Difference Between GitHub and GitLab. In the below example, the pack jobs will start running as soon as the test job completes, so if, in future, someone adds more tests in the test stage, the package jobs will start to run before. At first glance it seems like it should replace dependencies entirely, and some guides advise switching to needs as it should work "better"