Cron
To configure cron jobs you need at least push access to the repository.
By default pipelines triggered by cron jobs wont execute any steps in pipelines, as they are not part of the default event filter and you explicitly need to set a event: cron
filter.
Read more at: pipeline-syntax#event
Add a new cron job
To create a new cron job adjust your pipeline config(s) and add the event filter to all steps you would like to run by the cron job:
steps:
sync_locales:
image: weblate_sync
settings:
url: example.com
token:
from_secret: weblate_token
+ when:
+ event: cron
+ cron: "name of the cron job" # if you only want to execute this step by a specific cron jobCreate a new cron job in the repository settings:
The supported schedule syntax can be found at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/robfig/cron?utm_source=godoc#hdr-CRON_Expression_Format. If you need general understanding of the cron syntax https://crontab.guru/ is a good place to start and experiment.
Examples:
@every 5m
,@daily
,0 30 * * * *
...infoWoodpeckers cron syntax starts with seconds instead of minutes as used by most linux cron schedulers.
Example: "At minute 30 every hour" would be
0 30 * * * *
instead of30 * * * *