How can I set rules on the pipeline job to run only when I created new branch from master branch

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The idea is to detect when branch is created from master and run specific job in pipeline.

I can get the new branch name using these vars: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME and $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH

But how do I get the branch name I created the new one from?

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Is this in an MR? If so, the predefined variables have variables for the MR branch names.

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This is on commit to version branch at creation of new branch from master.

I found a little workaround, I just check that $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH is development and last commit was merge commit. Since we don’t commit other stuff to master manually, that works for now.

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