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+# Define the stages of the pipeline
+stages:
+  - install
+  - build
+  - test
+  - deploy
+
+# Job to install dependencies
+install_dependencies:
+  stage: install
+  image: node:16
+  script:
+    - npm ci
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - node_modules/
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - node_modules/
+  # Run automatically on PRs to main
+  only:
+    - merge_requests
+    - main
+  # Allow manual execution
+  when: manual
+
+# Job to build the Next.js project
+build_nextjs:
+  stage: build
+  image: node:16
+  script:
+    - npm run build
+  dependencies:
+    - install_dependencies
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .next/
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - .next/
+  # Run automatically on PRs to main
+  only:
+    - merge_requests
+    - main
+  # Allow manual execution
+  when: manual
+
+# Job to run tests
+run_tests:
+  stage: test
+  image: node:16
+  script:
+    - npm test # Replace with your test command (e.g. jest)
+  dependencies:
+    - install_dependencies
+  artifacts:
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - test-reports/
+  # Run automatically on PRs to main
+  only:
+    - merge_requests
+    - main
+  # Allow manual execution
+  when: manual
+
+# Deploy step (runs only on merge to main)
+deploy:
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - mkdir public
+    - cp -r .next/* public # Example for GitLab Pages, adjust as needed
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - public
+  # Only run on merge to main branch
+  only:
+    - main
+  # Allow manual execution
+  when: manual