Merge branch 'enable-auto-devops-common-pipeline' into 'master'

fix: ensure Auto DevOps is enabled for the common pipeline

See merge request !53

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.4.3] - 2023-07-03
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Auto DevOps is now enabled when you include the common pipeline even if you
+  don't have one of the magic files the Auto DevOps pipeline looks for to enable
+  itself. (It not looking for `pyproject.toml` files being a notable example.)
+
 ## [2.4.2] - 2023-06-30
 
 ### Fixed

auto-devops/common-pipeline.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ include:
   - local: "/auto-devops/python-check-tags-match-version.yml"
 
 variables:
-  # Auto Test from Auto Devops is deprecated and will be removed in GitLab 17.0. Get ahead of the curve by never
+  # Auto Test from Auto DevOps is deprecated and will be removed in GitLab 17.0. Get ahead of the curve by never
   # enabling it for pipelines using this template.
   TEST_DISABLED: "1"
+  # Auto DevOps tries to enable itself automagically by looking for a number of files present in the root of the
+  # repository. This sometimes fails if, for example, there is no Dockerfile in the root. We *know* that projects
+  # including this pipeline are wanting the Auto DevOps features and so explicitly enable the pipeline.
+  #
+  # See: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml#L86
+  AUTO_DEVOPS_EXPLICITLY_ENABLED: "1"