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+default:
+  image: python:3.8
+
+before_script:
+  - echo "Run started by ${GITLAB_USER_NAME}"
+  - echo "Pipeline on branch ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}"
+  - echo "$(pip cache dir)"
+  # install poetry
+  - pip install poetry
+  # poetry config
+  - poetry config installer.max-workers 10
+  - poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
+  - poetry config repositories.gitlab https://gitlab.knecon.com/api/v4/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi
+  # install package & dependencies
+  - poetry install --with=dev
+  # activate virtual environment
+  - source .venv/bin/activate
+
+variables:
+  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
+
+cache:
+  key: "${CI_JOB_NAME}"
+  paths:
+    - .venv/
+    - ${PIP_CACHE_DIR}/.cache/pip
+
+stages:
+  # - test
+  - build
+
+run-tests:
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - echo "Running pytest against the package"
+    - pytest ./tests
+
+build-pkg-dev:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - export PKG_VERSION="$(poetry version -s)-dev"
+    - echo "Building DEV package with version ${PKG_VERSION}"
+    - poetry version ${PKG_VERSION}
+    - poetry build
+    - echo "Publishing ..."
+    - poetry publish --repository gitlab -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}
+  when: manual
+
+build-pkg-prod:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - export PKG_VERSION="$(poetry version -s)"
+    - echo "Building PROD package with version ${PKG_VERSION}"
+    - poetry version ${PKG_VERSION}
+    - poetry build
+    - echo "Publishing ..."
+    - poetry publish --repository gitlab -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG