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+stages:
+  - lint
+  - build
+  - deploy
+  - release
+
+default:
+  image:
+    name: "alpine/k8s:1.26.3"
+
+variables:
+  PIPELINE:
+    description: "Defines which Path of the Pipeline"
+    value: "default"
+    options:
+      - release
+      - default
+
+workflow:
+  name: "Pipeline for Merge Request: $merge_request_event"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      variables:
+        PIPELINE: "release"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /release/
+      variables:
+        PIPELINE: "release"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"
+      when: never
+    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS"
+      when: never
+
+Helm Lint:
+  stage: lint
+  image:
+    name: alpine/helm:3.11.1
+    entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+  script:
+    - helm lint .
+
+Helm Template:
+  stage: lint
+  image:
+    name: alpine/helm:3.11.1
+    entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+  script:
+    - echo "Templating for Answerfile Container Upload"
+    - helm template . -f answers/container-upload.yaml
+
+Kubescore:
+  stage: lint
+  image: zegl/kube-score:latest
+  script:
+    - echo "Scoring the Chart YAML"
+    - kube-score score Chart.yaml
+
+Construct Readme:
+  stage: build
+  image:
+    name: registry.knecon.com/knecon/devops/readme-generator:1.1.0
+  before_script:
+    - git clone "https://${CI_GIT_USERNAME}:${CI_GIT_TOKEN}@${CI_SERVER_HOST}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}.git" "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
+    - git config --global user.email "project_2_bot_18f71e7e9b3d68b252f9d3dc757685bc@noreply.gitlab.knecon.com"
+    - git config --global user.name "GitLab"
+  after_script:
+    - cd "$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+    - git add README.md
+    - |-
+      CHANGES=$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)
+      if [ "$CHANGES" -gt "0" ]
+      then
+        git status
+        git commit -m "Automated README.md update"
+        git push --push-option='ci.skip' origin "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}"
+      fi
+  script:
+    - cd "$CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+    - readme-generator -r README.md -v values.yaml
+
+Nexus Upload:
+  stage: release
+  needs:
+    - Helm Template
+    - Helm Lint
+  rules:
+    - if: $PIPELINE == "release"
+  image: registry.knecon.com/knecon/devops/build-image:latest
+  script:
+    - |-
+      export VERSION=$(cat Chart.yaml | grep "^version:" | sed  's/^version: \(.*\)$/\1/g')-$CI_PIPELINE_IID
+      sed -s "s/^version: .*$/version: $VERSION/g" -i Chart.yaml
+    - uploadFile=$( helm package . | awk 'NF>1{print q $NF}' )
+#    - curl -s -u "${CI_NEXUS_USER}:${CI_NEXUS_PASSWORD}"  "${CI_NEXUS_ADDRESS}:443/repository/red-dev/" --upload-file $uploadFile
+    - echo "TAG=v$(echo $VERSION)" >> variables.env
+    - echo "FILE=$(echo $uploadFile)" >> variables.env
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: variables.env     
+
+Helm-pre-release:
+  stage: release
+  rules:
+    - if: $PIPELINE == "release"
+  needs:
+    - job: Nexus Upload
+      artifacts: true
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  script:
+    - echo "Releasing version $VERSION"
+  release:
+    tag_name: '$TAG'
+    description: '$TAG'
+    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_SHA'  
+    assets:
+      links:   
+        - name: '$FILE'
+          url: '${CI_NEXUS_ADDRESS}/repository/red-dev/$FILE'