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diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README index 80d01939e84..30ddd200c96 100644 --- a/src/tools/ci/README +++ b/src/tools/ci/README @@ -65,3 +65,20 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available: Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms. + + +Using custom compute resources for CI +===================================== + +When running a lot of tests in a repository, cirrus-ci's free credits do not +suffice. In those cases a repository can be configured to use other +infrastructure for running tests. To do so, the REPO_CI_CONFIG_GIT_URL +variable can be configured for the repository in the cirrus-ci web interface, +at https://cirrus-ci.com/github/<user or organization>. The file referenced +(see https://cirrus-ci.org/guide/programming-tasks/#fs) by the variable can +overwrite the default execution method for different operating systems, +defined in .cirrus.yml, by redefining the relevant yaml anchors. + +Custom compute resources can be provided using +- https://cirrus-ci.org/guide/supported-computing-services/ +- https://cirrus-ci.org/guide/persistent-workers/ |