Pipeline Visualization

glci show renders your pipeline as a terminal-friendly graph showing stages, jobs, and DAG edges.

Usage#

glci show                          # show pipeline graph
glci show --watch                  # re-render on file save
glci show --watch --debounce 500ms # custom debounce interval
glci show --context tag=v1.0.0     # see what runs in a specific context
glci show --input force_build=true # apply pipeline inputs
glci show -p quick                 # visualize a named pipeline preset
glci show --json                   # machine-readable output for scripting

Sample output#

  Pipeline: 5 jobs across 3 stages

  ○ pending  ● running  ✓ passed  ✗ failed  ▶ manual  ⊘ skipped  ⚠ allow_failure

  build       test              deploy
  ─────       ────              ──────
  ○ compile   ○ unit ← compile  ○ staging
              ○ lint            ▶ production
              ○ e2e ← compile

glci show evaluates rules: using the active context (default: merge_request), so the graph only shows jobs that would actually run. See Context Simulation for details.

DAG annotations#

Inline needs: annotations (e.g., unit <- compile) are shown by default. Use --no-dag to replace them with a grouped needs section below the graph.

Both glci show and glci history show support --plain and --no-dag.

Flags#

Flag	Description
`-w, --watch`	Watch for file changes and re-render
`--debounce`	Debounce interval for watch mode (default 300ms)
`--plain`	Disable colors in output
`--no-dag`	Move needs annotations from inline to a section below the graph
`--json`	Output pipeline as JSON
`--context`	CI context: branch=NAME, merge_request, tag=NAME, env=NAME, or preset name
`--mr-source`	Source branch for merge_request context
`--mr-target`	Target branch for merge_request context
`--input KEY=VALUE`	Set pipeline input (repeatable)
`--inputs-file`	Load pipeline inputs from YAML file
`-p, --pipeline`	Named pipeline preset from .glciconfig.toml
`-f, --file`	Path to CI config file

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