test.yml

name: build-test
on:
  # makes workflow reusable
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      test_label:
        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
        type: string
        required: true
      timeout:
        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
        type: string
        required: true
      gitref:
        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
        type: string
        required: true
      python:
        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
        type: string
        required: true
      whl:
        description: "whl to test (variable appears late binding so unusable outside 'download artifact')"
        type: string
        required: true
      test_skip_list:
        description: 'file containing tests to skip'
        type: string
        required: true

  # makes workflow manually callable
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      test_label:
        description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
        type: string
        required: true
      timeout:
        description: "time limit for run in minutes "
        type: string
        required: true
      gitref:
        description: "git commit hash or branch name"
        type: string
        required: true
      python:
        description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
        type: string
        required: true
      whl:
        description: "whl to test (variable appears late binding so unusable outside 'download artifact')"
        type: string
        required: true
      test_skip_list:
        description: 'file containing tests to skip'
        type: string
        required: true

jobs:

    TEST:

        runs-on: ${{ inputs.test_label }}
        timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJson(inputs.timeout) }}

        steps:

            - name: checkout
              id: checkout
              uses: actions/checkout@v4
              with:
                fetch-depth: 0
                ref: ${{ inputs.gitref }}
                submodules: recursive