GitLab CI/CD's 2018 highlights

What this post added

This post details several key enhancements to GitLab CI/CD in 2018. It highlights the introduction of access control for GitLab Pages (community contribution), the capability to create and manage feature flags, and the `only/except: merge_requests` keyword for merge request pipelines. Usability improvements for the merge request widget include JUnit XML Test Summary, enhanced information on running deploys, and direct links to changed pages in Review Apps. The post also notes the consistent naming of status checks to support GitHub-integrated CI workflows and the move of the `include:` keyword from paid to free tiers. Honorable mentions cover manual environment stopping, improved `include` handling, path-based job execution, interactive web terminal for Docker executor, timed deployments in AutoDevOps, the `parallel` job keyword, and pipeline deletion by project owners.