blog/source/_posts/validity-gitlab-ci-config.md

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How to check validity of GitLab CI config	2018-10-25 00:00:00

It can be frustrating after you push the changes you made to .gitlab-ci.yml, only to discover it's invalid on gitlab.com. Here's how to verify/lint the config.

Login to GitLab.com and navigate to any of your repo or project. It must be under your account. If you don't have one, simply create a new project or fork one.

Simply add /-/ci/lint to the end of your repo link and navigate to that link.

For example,

https://gitlab.com/curben/blog/-/ci/lint

This is what it looks like,

{% cloudinary 20181025/lint.png %}

Simply paste the content of your .gitlab-ci.yml and 'Validate'.