experimenting with manual jobs

.gitlab-ci.yml

-# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
-# Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
-# https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python/tags/
-
 # Change pip's cache directory to be inside the project directory since we can
 # only cache local items.
 variables:
@@ -50,18 +46,19 @@ prepare_code:
     - export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$flagdir:$epimodel:$advisory:$met_processing:$met_processor:$plotting:$source_gen:$post_processing:$coordinator:$coordinator_tests
 
     - echo $PYTHONPATH
-    - $CI_PYTHON_PATH = $PYTHONPATH
+    - CI_PYTHON_PATH=$PYTHONPATH
     - ls ../
 
 half_fat_tests:
-  when: always
+  when: manual
   image: lb584/ews_coordinator:latest
   needs: ["prepare_code"]
   dependencies:
     - prepare_code
 
   script:
-    - export PYTHONPATH=$CI_PYTHON_PATH
+    - export PYTHONPATH="$CI_PYTHON_PATH"
+    - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/unit/coordinator/
     - python3 -m coverage run -m unittest *
     - python -m coverage report
@@ -101,5 +98,7 @@ manual_job:
   tags:
     - production
   script:
+    - export PYTHONPATH="$CI_PYTHON_PATH"
+    - echo $PYTHONPATH
     - echo "this is a manual job"