Originally this was set up so updating teh flake and pushing out to servers would occur in a single pipeline.

Add 

Relates to #79

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ update:
     # the part that updates the flake
     - nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake lock --update-input $PACKAGE_NAME
     - git add flake.lock
-    - git commit -m "[skip ci] Updated flake for $PACKAGE_NAME" || echo "No changes, nothing to commit"
+    - git commit -m "Updated flake for $PACKAGE_NAME" || echo "No changes, nothing to commit"
     # we have a custom domain
     - git remote rm origin && git remote add origin ssh://git@gitlab.skynet.ie:2222/compsoc1/skynet/nixos.git
     - git push origin HEAD:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ sync_repos:
     - if: '$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE == "compsoc1/skynet" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
       changes:
         - sync/repos.csv
+    - if: $UPDATE_FLAKE == "yes"
+      when: never
 
 .scripts_base: &scripts_base
   # load nix environment
-  - echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
-  - git pull origin $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
   - . "$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
   - nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'  profile install nixpkgs#colmena
 
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ sync_repos:
       - flake.*
       - .gitlab-ci.yml
       - config/**/*
+    - if: $UPDATE_FLAKE == "yes"
+      when: never
 
 # deploy items only run on main
 .deploy_template: &deployment
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@ sync_repos:
         - machines/**/*
         - secrets/**/*
         - config/**/*
+    - if: $UPDATE_FLAKE == "yes"
+      when: never
 
 linter:
   <<: *builder
@@ -155,7 +159,6 @@ deploy_ext:
     - deploy_dns
   script:
     - colmena apply -v --on @active-ext
-  allow_failure: true
 
 deploy_gitlab:
   <<: *builder