I am in search of a straightforward method to deploy my next.js application from a private Gitlab repository and existing build pipeline to Vercel without uploading my source code or running builds on their platform; just deploying the already "built" next.js bundle.
Despite their popular repository integrations not being suitable for this scenario, Vercel offers a CLI tool and an HTTP API for manual publishing.
However, it seems that the CLI tool also pushes the entire repository to Vercel and requires specific build-time information such as the "command to install modules" before deployment can proceed.
The HTTP API is well-documented, but it appears to function similarly to the CLI tool, and I have yet to find an example detailing which files need to be selected for upload (which necessitates a "list" of files).