Importing a pipeline as step

[Ananth Sarathy]

I would like to be able import a pipeline as a step

the custom import below works, but I would like the ability to add the imported pipeline as a step.

pipelines:
  custom:
    import-pipeline:
      import: build-tools:initial-commit:share-pipeline-1

  default:
    - parallel:
        fail-fast: true
        steps:
          - step: *mavenBuild
          - step:
              import: build-tools:initial-commit:share-pipeline-1
          - step:

[Caterina Curti]

Hi @Ananth Sarathy ,

With the release of Dynamic Pipelines you can now achieve a greater level of flexibility with the Bitbucket pipelines.

I just published this article explaining how to add a step dynamically to a repository. You'll also see that there is a greater level of flexibility with what can be achieved considering that, the app logic, can change the entire pipeline of a repository.

Hope this helps,
Caterina

[Patrik S]

Hey @Ananth Sarathy and welcome to the Community!

Currently, the shared pipelines feature only allows you to export/import the entire pipeline definition between repositories. I'm afraid it's not possible to import a single step or import the pipeline as a step (see Share Pipelines Configuration FAQ | Bitbucket Cloud).

We have a feature request opened to improve the capabilities of shared pipelines, which includes the possibility to share individual steps of a pipeline between repositories : 

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-22855

We encourage you to Vote for that feature so it gets more visibility and helps our developers understand the interest. Also, you have the option to set yourself as a Watcher so you will be notified whenever there's any progress on that feature. New features are implemented based on this policy.

Thank you, @Ananth Sarathy !

Patrik S

[Benjamin Fichtner]

I would also find it very valuable to be able to execute certain independent steps before and after an import of a pipeline.

Setting up dynamic pipelines and using forge to achieve this, seems to be like a lot of overhead.