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+# use Eclipse's JDK
+image: gradle:eclipse-temurin
+# The ci should always use an unix/unix-like OS to work
+
+
+# all stages need to be defined here
+stages:
+  - build_api_javadoc
+
+variables:
+    # Pull any relavent sub-modules when building
+    GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+
+
+# generate javadocs
+build_api_javadoc:
+  stage: build_api_javadoc
+  script:
+    # this should only run for the API
+    - ./gradlew api:clean --gradle-user-home cache/;
+    # this also runs unit tests
+    - ./gradlew api:build --gradle-user-home cache/;
+    - ./gradlew api:javadoc --gradle-user-home cache/;
+  image: eclipse-temurin:17
+  artifacts:
+    name: "ApiJavaDoc-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-${CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP}"
+    paths:
+      - api/build/docs/javadoc
+    when: always
+  cache:
+    key: "gradleCache"
+    policy: pull-push
+    paths:
+      - .gradle
+      - cache/
+  allow_failure: false
+
+
+
+
+
+# unused deployment stage
+#deploy:
+#    stage: deploy
+#    image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+#    script:
+#        - echo 'running release_job'
+#        - echo 'Previous Job ID is printed below'
+#        - echo $GE_JOB_ID
+#    # Specifying that this job requires artifacts from the previous job to succeed
+#    needs:
+#        - job: build
+#          artifacts: true
+#    release:
+#        name: 'Unstable Jars for Latest Commit' #: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
+#        description: 'Created automatically using the release-cli.'
+#        # tag_name is a mendatory field and can not be an empty string
+#        tag_name: 'Unstable-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
+#        assets:
+#            links:
+#                - name: 'Fabric Jars'
+#                  url: 'https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/cw/-/jobs/${GE_JOB_ID}/artifacts/file/fabric/build/libs'
+#                - name: 'Forge Jars'
+#                  url: 'https://gitlab.com/jeseibel/minecraft-lod-mod/cw/-/jobs/${GE_JOB_ID}/artifacts/file/forge/build/libs' 
+