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Committing CI artifacts

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+title: Committing CI artifacts
+date: 2024-07-03
+permalink: daily/2024/07/03/committing-ci-artifacts
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - git
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+    Do you commit artifacts from your CI pipeline?
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+One of the main uses for [a CI pipeline][0] is to build artifacts for your application, such as installing your dependencies using Composer or npm, or using build tools to perform tasks such as building your CSS and JavaScript assets.
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+Performing these tasks in a CI pipeline means the resulting files can be ignored from your code repository and not committed - making your commits smaller and easier to review, and less likely for you to encounter merge conflicts.
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+The alternative approach is to not use a CI pipline and to perform the tasks manually and commit them to your repository.
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+This introduces a separate set of challenges, but people like having the files in their repository and not worrying about failures in their pipeline.
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+Which do you prefer?
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+[0]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/07/02/ci-not-ci-pipeline