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-# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
-# see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html for all available options
-
-# you can delete this line if you're not using Docker
-image: debian:stable-slim
-
-stages:
-    - downstream
-
-trigger-downstream:
-  stage: downstream
-  trigger: photonic-layout/klayout_saltmine