Update .gitlab-ci.yml file

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ sync-gitlab-spack-instance:
   image: docker-registry.ebrains.eu/tc/ebrains-spack-build-env:gitlab_runners_nfs_latest
   variables:
     SPACK_NFS_ENV: ebrains-runner-build
-    SPACK_PATH: /mnt/spack
+    SPACK_VERSION: v0.18.1
+    SPACK_PATH: /mnt/spack_v0.18.1
     SPACK_USER_CACHE_PATH: $SPACK_PATH/.spack
     SPACK_USER_CONFIG_PATH: $SPACK_PATH/.spack
     SPACK_REPO_PATH: $SPACK_PATH/ebrains-spack-builds
@@ -300,11 +301,7 @@ sync-gitlab-spack-instance:
     - rm -rf /mnt/build_logs/
     - |
       if [ ! -d $SPACK_PATH ]; then
-        # git clone --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false  -c feature.manyFiles=true --branch $SPACK_VERSION https://github.com/spack/spack $SPACK_PATH
-        git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true https://github.com/spack/spack $SPACK_PATH
-        cd $SPACK_PATH
-        git checkout -b ebrains_spack_commit a8d440d3ababcdec20d665ad938ab880cd9b9d17
-        cd ../
+        git clone --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false -c feature.manyFiles=true --branch $SPACK_VERSION https://github.com/spack/spack $SPACK_PATH
         cp $CI_PROJECT_DIR/packages.yaml $SPACK_PATH/etc/spack/packages.yaml
       fi
     - . $SPACK_PATH/share/spack/setup-env.sh
@@ -329,9 +326,7 @@ sync-gitlab-spack-instance:
     - spack reindex
     - spack env loads -r
   timeout: 2 days
-  only:
-    refs:
-      - schedules
-    variables:
-      - $SYNC_BRANCH == "experimental"
-  allow_failure: false
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /test-spack-0.18.1/'
+      when: manual
+      allow_failure: false