Test ASReview extensions workflow (asreview/asreview)

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Source: asreview/asreview.github/workflows/extensions.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Test ASReview extensions workflow from the asreview/asreview repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Test ASReview extensions
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  test-asreview-datatools:
    name: test-asreview-datatools
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.13"
      - name: Install packages
        run: |
          pip install pytest
          pip install --no-cache-dir .
      - name: Install extension
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/asreview/asreview-datatools
          cd asreview-datatools
          latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
          git checkout $latestTag
          pip install .
      - name: Run test on asreview-datatools
        run: |
          pytest asreview-datatools/tests/
  test-asreview-insights:
    name: test-asreview-insights
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.13"
      - name: Install packages
        run: |
          pip install pytest
          pip install --no-cache-dir .
      - name: Install extension
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/asreview/asreview-insights
          cd asreview-insights
          latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
          git checkout $latestTag
          pip install .
      - name: Run test on asreview-insights
        run: |
          pytest asreview-insights/tests/

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Test ASReview extensions
on: [push, pull_request]
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test-asreview-datatools:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: test-asreview-datatools
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: "3.13"
      - name: Install packages
        run: |
          pip install pytest
          pip install --no-cache-dir .
      - name: Install extension
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/asreview/asreview-datatools
          cd asreview-datatools
          latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
          git checkout $latestTag
          pip install .
      - name: Run test on asreview-datatools
        run: |
          pytest asreview-datatools/tests/
  test-asreview-insights:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: test-asreview-insights
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: "3.13"
      - name: Install packages
        run: |
          pip install pytest
          pip install --no-cache-dir .
      - name: Install extension
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/asreview/asreview-insights
          cd asreview-insights
          latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)
          git checkout $latestTag
          pip install .
      - name: Run test on asreview-insights
        run: |
          pytest asreview-insights/tests/

What changed

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Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

What Latchkey heals here

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Dependency installs

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Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-python