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Hey there,

Basically:

  • & is used for anchors
  • << is used for map merging
  • * is used for aliases
  • . (in front of the job name) indicates a job should be hidden (not executed) - but in this situation it’s a hidden job that defines what should be done in a job, and you can reference it with build anchor

It’s basically used to optimize gitlab-ci.yaml file and avoid repetitions in the job definition. To read more about it, have a look at GitLab YAML optimization.

Best regards!

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