Add early exit templates and skip pattern presets

Dan Notesteinrequested to merge
feature/early-exit-templates into develop

Summary

Centralizes skip/early-exit patterns that were duplicated across HAF apps.

New Templates

Early Exit Templates

These let jobs run but exit immediately when no work is needed (show as "passed" vs "skipped"):

  • .haf_app_early_exit_on_skip - Exit when AUTO_SKIP_SYNC/BUILD is true
  • .haf_app_early_exit_on_quick_test - Exit when QUICK_TEST is true
  • .haf_app_early_exit_on_cached - Exit on either condition

Usage:

sync:
  script:
    - !reference [.haf_app_early_exit_on_cached, script]
    - # Actual sync logic

Skip Pattern Presets

Pre-configured HAF_APP_SKIP_PATTERNS for common app types:

  • .haf_app_skip_patterns_standard - tests/, docs/, *.md, README, etc.
  • .haf_app_skip_patterns_with_gui - Standard plus gui/

Usage:

detect_changes:
  extends:
    - .haf_app_detect_changes
    - .haf_app_skip_patterns_with_gui

Benefits

  • Reduces duplication of early exit logic across repos
  • Standardizes skip patterns
  • Easier maintenance (changes in one place)

Test plan

  • Templates parse correctly (CI validates YAML)
  • Can be tested by updating balance_tracker to use new templates

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