From 5aed9e8a507bdced0c0bfe6e6481d303c0985cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zygmunt Krynicki <zygmunt.krynicki@canonical.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 08:31:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: build test images explicitly when requested

The recent change to make CI pipeline build test images on a manual
trigger masks the outcome of the pipeline. Let's use the new inputs [1]
feature to allow manually triggering the pipeline with an explicitly
built image instead.

[1] https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/inputs/

Signed-off-by: Zygmunt Krynicki <zygmunt.krynicki@canonical.com>
---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 134bdd23c..13aebbe74 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+spec:
+  inputs:
+    build-test-images:
+      default: false
+      type: boolean
+      description: Explicitly build virtual machine images used by integration tests.
 ---
 image: ubuntu:latest
 
@@ -269,8 +275,7 @@ image-ubuntu-cloud-24.04-x86_64:
           - .image-garden.mk
           - .gitlab-ci.yml
         compare_to: "refs/heads/master"
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
-      when: manual
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && "$[[ inputs.build-test-images ]]" == "true"
 
 .spread-x86_64:
   extends: .image-garden-x86_64