diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/nersc_pipeline.yml b/share/spack/gitlab/nersc_pipeline.yml
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+merge_pipeline:
+  only:
+  - develop
+  variables:
+    SPACK_REPO: ${CI_PROJECT_URL}
+    SPACK_REF: ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}
+  trigger:
+    project: ecp/e4s/e4s
+    strategy: depend