diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
index a241a63428bd20..d0a78fc426f9e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
@@ -26,66 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: git log --check
       id: check_out
       run: |
-        baseSha=${{github.event.pull_request.base.sha}}
-        problems=()
-        commit=
-        commitText=
-        commitTextmd=
-        goodparent=
-        while read dash sha etc
-        do
-          case "${dash}" in
-          "---")
-            if test -z "${commit}"
-            then
-              goodparent=${sha}
-            fi
-            commit="${sha}"
-            commitText="${sha} ${etc}"
-            commitTextmd="[${sha}](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${sha}) ${etc}"
-            ;;
-          "")
-            ;;
-          *)
-            if test -n "${commit}"
-            then
-              problems+=("1) --- ${commitTextmd}")
-              echo ""
-              echo "--- ${commitText}"
-              commit=
-            fi
-            case "${dash}" in
-            *:[1-9]*:) # contains file and line number information
-              dashend=${dash#*:}
-              problems+=("[${dash}](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}/${dash%%:*}#L${dashend%:}) ${sha} ${etc}")
-              ;;
-            *)
-              problems+=("\`${dash} ${sha} ${etc}\`")
-              ;;
-            esac
-            echo "${dash} ${sha} ${etc}"
-            ;;
-          esac
-        done <<< $(git log --check --pretty=format:"---% h% s" ${baseSha}..)
-
-        if test ${#problems[*]} -gt 0
-        then
-          if test -z "${commit}"
-          then
-            goodparent=${baseSha: 0:7}
-          fi
-          echo "🛑 Please review the Summary output for further information."
-          echo "### :x: A whitespace issue was found in one or more of the commits." >$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "Run these commands to correct the problem:" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "1. \`git rebase --whitespace=fix ${goodparent}\`" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "1. \`git push --force\`" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo " " >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "Errors:" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          for i in "${problems[@]}"
-          do
-            echo "${i}" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          done
-
-          exit 2
-        fi
+        ./ci/check-whitespace.sh \
+          "${{github.event.pull_request.base.sha}}" \
+          "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" \
+          "https://github.com/${{github.repository}}"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dfc3c88becf6f4..f676959ca03623 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -113,3 +113,12 @@ static-analysis:
   script:
     - ./ci/run-static-analysis.sh
     - ./ci/check-directional-formatting.bash
+
+check-whitespace:
+  image: ubuntu:latest
+  before_script:
+    - ./ci/install-dependencies.sh
+  script:
+    - ./ci/check-whitespace.sh "$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA"
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
diff --git a/ci/check-whitespace.sh b/ci/check-whitespace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..db399097a52db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/check-whitespace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Check that commits after a specified point do not contain new or modified
+# lines with whitespace errors. An optional formatted summary can be generated
+# by providing an output file path and url as additional arguments.
+#
+
+baseCommit=$1
+outputFile=$2
+url=$3
+
+if test "$#" -ne 1 && test "$#" -ne 3
+then
+	echo "USAGE: $0 <BASE_COMMIT> [<OUTPUT_FILE> <URL>]"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+problems=()
+commit=
+commitText=
+commitTextmd=
+goodParent=
+
+while read dash sha etc
+do
+	case "${dash}" in
+	"---") # Line contains commit information.
+		if test -z "${goodParent}"
+		then
+			# Assume the commit has no whitespace errors until detected otherwise.
+			goodParent=${sha}
+		fi
+
+		commit="${sha}"
+		commitText="${sha} ${etc}"
+		commitTextmd="[${sha}](${url}/commit/${sha}) ${etc}"
+		;;
+	"")
+		;;
+	*) # Line contains whitespace error information for current commit.
+		if test -n "${goodParent}"
+		then
+			problems+=("1) --- ${commitTextmd}")
+			echo ""
+			echo "--- ${commitText}"
+			goodParent=
+		fi
+
+		case "${dash}" in
+		*:[1-9]*:) # contains file and line number information
+			dashend=${dash#*:}
+			problems+=("[${dash}](${url}/blob/${commit}/${dash%%:*}#L${dashend%:}) ${sha} ${etc}")
+			;;
+		*)
+			problems+=("\`${dash} ${sha} ${etc}\`")
+			;;
+		esac
+		echo "${dash} ${sha} ${etc}"
+		;;
+	esac
+done <<< "$(git log --check --pretty=format:"---% h% s" "${baseCommit}"..)"
+
+if test ${#problems[*]} -gt 0
+then
+	if test -z "${goodParent}"
+	then
+		goodParent=${baseCommit: 0:7}
+	fi
+
+	echo "A whitespace issue was found in onen of more of the commits."
+	echo "Run the following command to resolve whitespace issues:"
+	echo "git rebase --whitespace=fix ${goodParent}"
+
+	# If target output file is provided, write formatted output.
+	if test -n "$outputFile"
+	then
+		echo "🛑 Please review the Summary output for further information."
+		(
+			echo "### :x: A whitespace issue was found in one or more of the commits."
+			echo ""
+			echo "Run these commands to correct the problem:"
+			echo "1. \`git rebase --whitespace=fix ${goodParent}\`"
+			echo "1. \`git push --force\`"
+			echo ""
+			echo "Errors:"
+
+			for i in "${problems[@]}"
+			do
+				echo "${i}"
+			done
+		) >"$outputFile"
+	fi
+
+	exit 2
+fi
diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 273f3540a6629c..1f4059b1b8b1e6 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ elif test true = "$GITLAB_CI"
 then
 	begin_group () {
 		need_to_end_group=t
-		printf "\e[0Ksection_start:$(date +%s):$(echo "$1" | tr ' ' _)\r\e[0K$1\n"
+		printf "\e[0Ksection_start:$(date +%s):$(echo "$1" | tr ' ' _)[collapsed=true]\r\e[0K$1\n"
 		trap "end_group '$1'" EXIT
 		set -x
 	}