release_job: stage: deploy image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest rules: - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG # Run this job when a tag is created manually script: - echo 'running release_job' release: name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG' description: 'Created using the release-cli $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION' # $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION must be defined tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG' # elsewhere in the pipeline. ref: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'