Create a separate job to skip the verify maven job

Author: randomanderson

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -880,6 +880,24 @@ requirements_json_test:
 package-oci:
   needs: [ build ]
 
+override_verify_maven_central:
+  image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/base/gbi-ubuntu_2204:release
+  stage: publish
+  needs: [ ]
+  rules:
+    - if: '$POPULATE_CACHE'
+      when: never
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+  script:
+    - touch OVERRIDE_MAVEN_VERIFY
+  cache: # Cache is used to signal between the override_verify_maven_central and verify_maven_central_deployment jobs
+    - key: $CI_PIPELINE_ID-OVERRIDE_SIGNAL
+      paths:
+        - OVERRIDE_MAVEN_VERIFY
+      policy: push
+      unprotect: true
+
 # Verify Maven Central deployment is publicly available before publishing OCI images
 verify_maven_central_deployment:
   image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/base/gbi-ubuntu_2204:release
@@ -892,7 +910,14 @@ verify_maven_central_deployment:
       when: on_success
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
+  cache: # Cache is used to signal between the override_verify_maven_central and verify_maven_central_deployment jobs
+    - key: $CI_PIPELINE_ID-OVERRIDE_SIGNAL
+      paths:
+        - OVERRIDE_MAVEN_VERIFY
+      policy: pull
+      unprotect: true
   script:
+    - if [ -f OVERRIDE_MAVEN_VERIFY ]; then echo "SKIPPING MAVEN VERIFICATION"; exit 0; fi
     - |
       export VERSION=${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}
       ARTIFACT_URLS=(