How to run a build from a specific old tag in gitlab ci?

Question

I can build from a specific old tag in teamity. Screenshot:

How to run a build from a specific old tag in gitlab ci?

variables:
  MAVEN_OPTS: "-Djava.awt.headless=true -Dmaven.repo.local=.m2/repository"
  MAVEN_CLI_OPTS: "-s maven_settings.xml --batch-mode --errors --fail-at-end --show-version"

stages:
  - build
  - release
  - build-tag

build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean install -PRPM -U

release:
  stage: release
  script:
    - eval $(ssh-agent)
    - ssh-add <(echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY")
    - git config user.name "$PUSH_USER_NAME"
    - git config user.email "$PUSH_USER_EMAIL"
    - git checkout master
    - git reset --hard origin/master
    - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS clean release:prepare -Dresume=false -DautoVersionSubmodules=true -DdryRun=false -Dmaven.test.skip=true
  when: manual

build-tag:
  stage: build-tag
  script:
    - git checkout master
    - git pull
    - git reset --hard $(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
    - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -Dmaven.test.skip=true clean install -PRPM -U
  when: manual

build-tag i dont see in pipeline

How to run a build from a specific old tag in gitlab ci?

Answer 1

Within the project

• go to CI / CD -> Pipelines
• press Run Pipeline
• under Create for choose the branch or tag you want to run the pipeline for
• press Create Pipeline

Now to trigger a manual Job you can use the jobs of the recently created pipeline.