Add vbi

Summary

Package	vbi
Contact point	ziaee
KG entry

Checks

• Software Quality Checklist: SQ-Checklist.pdf (level: )
• Current maintainer is listed first in package.py
• No pinned dependency versions
• Post-installation tests are defined

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variables:
     # use the site-specific kubectl context
     - kubectl config use-context $KUBE_CONTEXT
     # create job description file
-    - sh create_job.sh $CI_PIPELINE_ID $BUILD_ENV_DOCKER_IMAGE $INSTALLATION_ROOT $SPACK_ENV $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH $RELEASE_NAME $LAB_KERNEL_ROOT $UPDATE_SPACK_OCI_CACHES $OCI_CACHE_PREFIX
+    - sh create_job.sh $CI_PIPELINE_ID $BUILD_ENV_DOCKER_IMAGE $INSTALLATION_ROOT $SPACK_ENV $CI_COMMIT_SHA $RELEASE_NAME $LAB_KERNEL_ROOT $UPDATE_SPACK_OCI_CACHES $OCI_CACHE_PREFIX
     - cat simplejob.yml
     # start the deploy job
     - kubectl create -f simplejob.yml
@@ -282,7 +282,10 @@ sync-gitlab-spack-instance:
     # create spack dir if it doesn't exist
     - mkdir -p $SPACK_PATH_GITLAB
     # get latest state of EBRAINS repo
-    - rm -rf $SPACK_REPO_PATH && cp -r $CI_PROJECT_DIR $SPACK_REPO_PATH
+    - if [ ! -d $SPACK_REPO_PATH ]; then git clone $CI_PROJECT_URL --recurse-submodules $SPACK_REPO_PATH; fi
+    - cd $SPACK_REPO_PATH
+    - git fetch origin
+    - git reset --hard --recurse-submodules $CI_COMMIT_SHA
     # run installation script
     - bash install_spack_env.sh $SPACK_JOBS $SPACK_PATH_GITLAB $SPACK_REPO_PATH $SPACK_NFS_ENV "" $UPDATE_SPACK_OCI_CACHES $OCI_CACHE_PREFIX
     # create kernel spec, so that the environment can be used in gitlab CI jobs