Allow to configure pipelines in multiple files

Drone Support
1

At the moment, Drone allows us to configure many pipelines in .drone.yml file. However, if you have set up, for example, 10 or more pipelines, then, due to the general “congestion” of .drone.yml file making even small changes will be a bit difficult.

As a solution, I would like to be able, for example, to describe the steps section in separate .yaml files and include them in .drone.yml.
Like:

.drone.yml

kind: pipeline
type: docker
name: default
trigger:
  event:
  - push
include: pipelines/default.yml

pipelines/default.yml

steps:
- name: greeting
  image: alpine
  commands:
  - echo hello
  - echo world

So, the user will be able to divide into different files the sequence of execution of the pipeline and the settings of the pipeline itself

2

This is supported through extensions:
https://docs.drone.io/extensions/overview/

Here is an example extension that supports multiple yaml files:

One could also create a custom extension that supports include syntax.

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