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# Add overlays for your pull requests in this directory
-An overlay is a file containing very simple logic to test whether we are currently building a specific pull request or git branch (useful so that overlays work on your own fork) and which changes some of the variables whose default can be found in [`ci-basic-overlay.sh`](/dev/ci/ci-basic-overlay.sh).
+When your pull request breaks an external project we test in our CI and you
+have prepared a branch with the fix, you can add an "overlay" to your pull
+request to test it with the adapted version of the external project.
-The name of your overlay file should be of the form `five_digit_PR_number-GitHub_handle-branch_name.sh`.
+An overlay is a file which defines where to look for the patched version so that
+testing is possible. It redefines some variables from
+[`ci-basic-overlay.sh`](../ci-basic-overlay.sh):
+give the name of your branch using a `_CI_BRANCH` variable and the location of
+your fork using a `_CI_GITURL` variable.
+
+Moreover, the file contains very simple logic to test the pull request number
+or branch name and apply it only in this case.
+
+The name of your overlay file should start with a five-digit pull request
+number, followed by a dash, anything (for instance your GitHub nickname
+and the branch name), then a `.sh` extension (`[0-9]{5}-[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+.sh`).
Example: `00669-maximedenes-ssr-merge.sh` containing
```
+#!/bin/sh
+
if [ "$CI_PULL_REQUEST" = "669" ] || [ "$CI_BRANCH" = "ssr-merge" ]; then
mathcomp_CI_BRANCH=ssr-merge
mathcomp_CI_GITURL=https://github.com/maximedenes/math-comp.git
fi
```
-(`CI_PULL_REQUEST` and `CI_BRANCH` are set in [`ci-common.sh`](/dev/ci/ci-common.sh))
+(`CI_PULL_REQUEST` and `CI_BRANCH` are set in [`ci-common.sh`](../ci-common.sh))