Expose project visibility as CI variable

app/models/project.rb

@@ -1492,7 +1492,8 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
       { key: 'CI_PROJECT_PATH', value: full_path, public: true },
       { key: 'CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG', value: full_path_slug, public: true },
       { key: 'CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE', value: namespace.full_path, public: true },
-      { key: 'CI_PROJECT_URL', value: web_url, public: true }
+      { key: 'CI_PROJECT_URL', value: web_url, public: true },
+      { key: 'CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY', value: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.string_level(visibility_level), public: true }
     ]
   end

changelogs/unreleased/37473-expose-project-visibility-as-ci-variable.yml

+---
+title: Expose project visibility as CI variable - CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY
+merge_request: 15193
+author:
+type: added

doc/ci/variables/README.md

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ future GitLab releases.**
 | **CI_PROJECT_PATH**             | 8.10   | 0.5    | The namespace with project name |
 | **CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG**        | 9.3    | all    | `$CI_PROJECT_PATH` lowercased and with everything except `0-9` and `a-z` replaced with `-`. Use in URLs and domain names. |
 | **CI_PROJECT_URL**              | 8.10   | 0.5    | The HTTP address to access project |
+| **CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY**       | 10.3   | all    | The project visibility (internal, private, public) |
 | **CI_REGISTRY**                 | 8.10   | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is enabled it returns the address of GitLab's Container Registry |
 | **CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE**           | 8.10   | 0.5    | If the Container Registry is enabled for the project it returns the address of the registry tied to the specific project |
 | **CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD**        | 9.0    | all    | The password to use to push containers to the GitLab Container Registry |

spec/models/ci/build_spec.rb

@@ -1271,6 +1271,7 @@ describe Ci::Build do
         { key: 'CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG', value: project.full_path_slug, public: true },
         { key: 'CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE', value: project.namespace.full_path, public: true },
         { key: 'CI_PROJECT_URL', value: project.web_url, public: true },
+        { key: 'CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY', value: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.string_level(project.visibility_level), public: true },
         { key: 'CI_PIPELINE_ID', value: pipeline.id.to_s, public: true },
         { key: 'CI_CONFIG_PATH', value: pipeline.ci_yaml_file_path, public: true },
         { key: 'CI_REGISTRY_USER', value: 'gitlab-ci-token', public: true },