CI/CD is a methodology for automating the application development process, from testing to deployment. It makes the whole cycle more efficient and less error-prone, enabling developers to focus on the code and push new features quickly.
A pipeline is your project’s CI/CD flow, encompassing CI processes like testing and CD tasks like branch merging. GitLab provides a built-in CI/CD tool that lets you set up the pipeline and integrate it with other features like SCM more easily.
Moreover, GitLab’s Auto DevOps feature automatically detects your project structure and creates a CI/CD flow based on a template. GitLab CI/CD pipelines are also highly customizable and support multiple runners – agents that execute specific jobs.
