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+# copied a good chunk from my bfom config
+image: rust:latest
+
+stages:
+  - lint
+  - build
+  - deploy
+
+cache:
+  key: "$CI_JOB_NAME"
+  paths:
+    - target/
+
+# Set any required environment variables here
+variables:
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: FULL
+
+
+# clippy and fmt are magic
+# runs on all commits/branches
+lint-clippy:
+  stage: lint
+  script:
+    - rustup component add clippy
+    - rustc --version
+    - cargo version
+    - cargo clippy
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - changes:
+        - src/**/*
+        - cargo.*
+      when: always
+
+lint-fmt:
+  stage: lint
+  script:
+    - rustup component add rustfmt
+    - rustc --version
+    - cargo version
+    - cargo fmt -- --check
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - changes:
+        - src/**/*
+        - cargo.*
+      when: always
+
+
+# has to actually compile
+build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - rustc --version
+    - cargo version
+    - cargo build --verbose
+    - RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo test --verbose
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - changes:
+        - src/**/*
+        - cargo.*
+      when: on_success
+
+
+# from https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/multi_project_pipelines.html
+# so simple to deploy now
+nixos:
+  stage: deploy
+  variables:
+    PACKAGE_NAME: "skynet_discord_bot"
+    UPDATE_FLAKE: "yes"
+  trigger: compsoc1/skynet/nixos
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      when: on_success
+
+
+
+
+