With GitLab CI how to disable repository clone for one job?

Question

I need to speed up job 'deploy'. It does not need sources of project but needs ONLY ARTIFACTS.

How to disable project cloning for the only job?

Typical .gitlab-ci.yml (pseudo) looks like:

image: gcc

build:
  stage: build
  script:
  - ./configure
  - mkdir build && cd $_
  - cmake ..
  - make -sj8
artifacts:
  paths:
  - "build/*.elf"

deploy:
  image: artifactory
  variables:
  - DO_NOT_CLONE: 1  ## WANT THIS OPTION
  stage: deploy
  script:
  - push_artifacts build/*.elf

Answer 1

Checkout the variable GIT_STRATEGY:

variables:
  GIT_STRATEGY: none

From the documentation:

none also re-uses the project workspace, but skips all Git operations (including GitLab Runner’s pre-clone script, if present). It is mostly useful for jobs that operate exclusively on artifacts (e.g., deploy).

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/runners/configure_runners.html#git-strategy