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+image: "node:lts-alpine"
+
+stages:
+  - build
+  - deploy
+
+
+# global cache settings for all jobs
+# Ensure compatibility with the install job
+# goal: the install job loads the cache and
+# all other jobs can only use it
+cache:
+    # most npm libraries will only have 1 entry for the base project deps
+    - key: &global_cache_node_mods
+          files:
+              - package-lock.json
+      paths:
+          - node_modules/
+      policy: pull  # prevent subsequent jobs from modifying cache
+
+#   # ATTN mono-repo users: with only additional node_modules, 
+#   # add up to 2 additional cache entries. 
+#   # See limitations in #10. 
+#   - key:
+#         files:
+#             - core/pkg1/package-lock.json
+#     paths:
+#         - core/pkg1/node_modules/
+#     policy: pull # prevent jobs from modifying cache
+
+before_script:
+    # define cache dir & use it npm!
+    - npm ci --cache node_modules/ --prefer-offline
+#   # monorepo users: run secondary install actions
+#   - npx lerna bootstrap -- --cache .npm/ --prefer-offline
+    - npm run lint 
+
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  # global cache settings are inherited to grab `node_modules`
+  script:
+    - npm run build
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - dist/           # where ever your build results are stored
+
+pages:
+  stage: deploy
+  when: on_success # only if previous stages' jobs all succeeded
+  # override inherited cache settings since node_modules is not needed
+  script:
+    - echo 'Pages deployment job'
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - dist
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
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