Use ansible.env file in lieu of ci.env if available

Author: mrnicegyu11

scripts/common.Makefile

@@ -26,9 +26,19 @@ $(if $(shell wc -l $(REPO_BASE_DIR)/.config.location | grep 1),,$(error The .con
 DEPLOYMENT_FQDN := $(notdir $(patsubst %/,%, $(dir $(REPO_CONFIG_LOCATION))))
 # Construct CI_ENV_FILE using Make functions
 CI_ENV_FILE := $(realpath $(dir $(REPO_CONFIG_LOCATION))/../../.gitlab/pipelines/1_configurations/$(DEPLOYMENT_FQDN)/ci.env)
-$(if $(CI_ENV_FILE),,$(error The location of the repo.config file given in .config.location is invalid. Cannot find the ci.env file. Aborting))
-$(if $(shell cat $(CI_ENV_FILE)),,$(error The location of the repo.config file given in .config.location is invalid. Cannot find the ci.env file. Aborting))
+# Check if ci.env exists and is not empty
+ifeq ($(shell [ -e $(CI_ENV_FILE) ] && cat $(CI_ENV_FILE)),)
+    # If ci.env does not exist, check for ansible.env
+	ANSIBLE_ENV_FILE := $(REPO_CONFIG_LOCATION)/ansible.env
+    ifeq ($(shell [ -e $(ANSIBLE_ENV_FILE) ] && cat $(ANSIBLE_ENV_FILE)),)
+        $(error Neither the ci.env file nor the ansible.env file could be found. Aborting.)
+    else
+        $(warning ci.env file is missing. Falling back to ansible.env file. We assume that you are running in a CI pipeline.)
+        CI_ENV_FILE := $(ANSIBLE_ENV_FILE)
+    endif
+endif
 
+# Use SELECTED_ENV_FILE in your targets as needed
 ifeq ($(_yq),)
 _yq = docker run --rm -i -v $${PWD}:/workdir mikefarah/yq:4.30.4
 endif