title: How to run gitlab stage periodically?
body: <p>How can I run a gitlab stage periodically? I am aware of pipeline schedules documented here: <a href="https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/schedules.html" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/schedules.html</a>. I am only interested in running a particular test stage of a branch. The issue is the branch I want to target has a lot of other stages involved with it. One option might be introducing a variable in the script portion that says if true then execute the script. However, this can be cumbersome and require a lot of changes to all the stages of the ci file for that particular branch under consideration.</p>