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+# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
+# To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at:
+# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/cicd/templates.html
+# This specific template is located at:
+# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+# This is a sample GitLab CI/CD configuration file that should run without any modifications.
+# It demonstrates a basic 3 stage CI/CD pipeline. Instead of real tests or scripts,
+# it uses echo commands to simulate the pipeline execution.
+#
+# A pipeline is composed of independent jobs that run scripts, grouped into stages.
+# Stages run in sequential order, but jobs within stages run in parallel.
+#
+# For more information, see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/index.html#stages
+variables:
+   DATADIR: "NOT_USED"
+
+stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
+  - test
+
+sette_test1:
+  stage: test
+  script: 
+# test will failed if any of the line below finished on an exit status not 0
+    - echo "start sette1"
+    - cd sette
+    - echo "./sette_ci_dummy.sh -A (to run it activate it in .gitlab-ci.yml file)" >> log_sette1
+  tags: 
+    - test-ci
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - sette/log_sette1
+    when: always
+
+sette_test2:
+  stage: test
+  script: 
+# test will failed if any of the line below finished on an exit status not 0
+    - echo "start sette2"
+    - cd sette
+    - echo "./sette.sh -A -n \"GYRE_PISCES\""
+  tags: 
+    - test-ci
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - sette/log_sette2
+    when: always
+
+sette_test3:
+  stage: test
+  script: 
+# test will failed if any of the line below finished on an exit status not 0
+    - echo "start sette3"
+    - cd sette
+    - echo "./sette_ci_dummy.sh" >> log_sette3
+  tags: 
+    - test-ci
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - sette/log_sette3
+    when: always