jobs vs. matrix: What's the difference?

[vinniefalco]

I can't find a reference of all travis.yml keywords. What is the difference between jobs and matrix?

[jab]

Wondering the same myself. One difference I just found: Changing "matrix" to "jobs" and running "travis lint" results in

Warnings for .travis.yml:
[x] unexpected key jobs, dropping

[plaindocs]

Hi @vinniefalco @jab we're working on that reference.

In the meantime you can find some info here on jobs and stages

https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-stages/

and some info on builds matrixes here

https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/customizing-the-build/#Build-Matrix

Cheers

[MariadeAnton]

Hi everyone!

As @plaindocs mentioned, we're working on getting the reference updated via #1476

At the moment, both matrix.include and jobs.include let you configure and spin up different jobs and one can group jobs in different stages using jobs.include.

Thanks so much for the question!

[codeselfceo]

Hello everyone!!

How can I use a folder created in a previous stage on the next stage? For example, 1 stage is build, which will generate a dist folder, 2 stage should deploy that folder.

This is my code:

language: node_js
node_js: stable
cache:
  directories:
    - node_modules
jobs:
  include:
    - stage: Install
      name: "Installing dependencies..."
      script: npm install
    - stage: Compile
      skip_cleanup: true
      name: "Building app..."
      script: npm run-script build
    - stage: Deploy
      if: branch = master
      skip_cleanup: true
      name: "Shipping..."
      script: npm run-script deploy

I hope you guys can help me, I really need this.

NOTE: anything to say about the file configuration, don't hesitate to say it, I'm totally new with this.

[apaleyes]

Do these overwrite each other? If i have both matrix.include and jobs.include defined, is only one of them executed? This was my experience somehow, but would be nice to hear a more detailed explanation of their behavior. Thanks!

[BanzaiMan]

Do these overwrite each other?

In essence, yes. matrix and jobs define the same data, so whatever comes at the end will win (which I believe is the YAML spec).

[BanzaiMan]

I'm reopening this as a focused subset of #1476 that needs attention specifically.

[jab]

https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/1086290711266287616

[abitrolly]

os expansion doesn't work for jobs. In the script below osx part is not executed.

language: go
go_import_path: github.com/harmony-one/harmony
install:
  - go build -v ./...
script:
  - ./scripts/travis_checker.sh

jobs:
  include:
  - stage: New build script
    os:
      - linux
      - osx
    script:
      - ./build.sh

[dismine]

@abitrolly i believe your mistake is to put two os in one job. Just try to split os between two jobs inside one stage.

jobs:
  include:
  - stage: New build script
    os: linux
    script:
      - ./build.sh
  - os: osx
    script:
      - ./build.sh

[stale]

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[noloader]

Where the hell does "no environment variables set" come from when not using matrix:. I thought switching to job: and include: would stop the errors, but Travis still produces the errors.

[stuaxo]

Not great that stalebot closed this, it's been confusing me for ages.

Maybe the best thing is to open a PR with an incomplete doc to avoid this.