diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/ascent_pipeline.yml b/share/spack/gitlab/ascent_pipeline.yml
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+merge_pipeline:
+  only:
+  - develop
+  trigger:
+    project: ecpcitest/e4s
+    strategy: depend