Add run-external composite action

.github/workflows/run-external-composite/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Run an external workflow and block until it reaches a terminal state - COMPOSITE ACTIONS VERSION
+name: Composite Action - Run External Workflow
+
+inputs:
+  owner:
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    default: "howsoai"
+  repo:
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  workflow-name:
+    required: true
+    type: string
+  payload:
+    required: false
+    type: string
+    default: "{}"
+  override:
+    required: false
+    type: string
+  check-cache:
+    description: Disable caching mechanism
+    required: false
+    type: boolean
+    default: false
+outputs:
+  run-id:
+    value: ${{ steps.get-id.outputs.run-id }}
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+
+    - name: Set override
+      if: inputs.override != ''
+      run: |
+        echo "Override set to ${{ inputs.override }}. Skipping branch build."
+        echo "RUN_ID=${{ inputs.override }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    
+    - name: Check cached workflow
+      id: check-cached
+      if: inputs.override == '' && inputs.check-cache
+      run: |
+        run=$(gh api \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+          /repos/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}/actions/workflows/build.yml/runs)
+
+        gh repo clone ${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}
+
+        cd ${{ inputs.repo }}
+
+        last_commit=$(git log -n 1 --format="%ct" HEAD)
+
+        echo "Most recent commit: $last_commit"
+
+        # Check for a successful, up-to-date branch build over the previous 5 runs
+        i=0
+        while (( $i < 5 )); do
+          branch=$(echo "$run" | jq -r ".workflow_runs[$i].head_branch") 
+          status=$(echo "$run" | jq -r ".workflow_runs[$i].status")
+          conclusion=$(echo "$run" | jq -r ".workflow_runs[$i].conclusion")
+          run_id=$(echo "$run" | jq -r ".workflow_runs[$i].id")
+          start=$(echo "$run" | jq -r ".workflow_runs[$i].created_at")
+          epoch_start=$(date -d "$start" +"%s")
+
+          if [[ "$branch" == "main" && "$status" == "completed" && "$conclusion" == "success" ]]; then
+            if (( $epoch_start > $last_commit )); then
+              echo "Found an existing workflow run with latest changes: $run_id"
+              echo "RUN_ID=$run_id" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+              exit 0
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          i=$((i + 1))
+        done
+
+    - name: Run workflow
+      if: inputs.override == '' && env.RUN_ID == ''
+      run: |
+        echo "Initializing workflow run: ${{ inputs.workflow-name }}"
+        echo '${{ inputs.payload }}' | gh workflow run ${{ inputs.workflow-name }} -R ${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }} --json
+
+    - name: Check workflow status
+      if: inputs.override == ''
+      id: get-id
+      run: |
+        if test -n "$RUN_ID"; then
+          echo "Overriding to $RUN_ID"
+          echo "run-id=$RUN_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          exit 0
+        fi
+
+        sleep 15
+
+        run_id=$(gh api \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+          /repos/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}/actions/workflows/${{ inputs.workflow-name }}/runs \
+          | jq -r '.workflow_runs[0].id')
+
+        echo "Captured workflow run ID: $run_id"
+
+        status="queued"
+        while [[ "$status" != "completed" ]]; do
+          echo "Workflow run at https://github.com/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}/actions/runs/$run_id has non-complete status '$status'. Going back to sleep..."
+          sleep 15
+          status=$(gh api \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            /repos/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}/actions/runs/$run_id \
+            | jq -r '.status')
+        done
+
+        conclusion=$(gh api \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+          /repos/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}/actions/runs/$run_id \
+          | jq -r '.conclusion')
+
+        if [[ "$conclusion" != "success" ]]; then
+          echo "Critical failure: workflow run $run_id has conclusion '$conclusion'. Exiting."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "Success!"
+        echo "run-id=$run_id" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/set-metadata.yml

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build custom amalgam-lang-py
         id: build-amalgam-lang-py
         if: inputs.build-and-embed && inputs.amalgam-build != ''
-        uses: "./.github/workflows/run-external.yml"
+        uses: "howsoai/.github/.github/workflows/run-external-composite@v1"
         with:
           repo: amalgam-lang-py
           workflow-name: build.yml
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build custom howso-engine-py
         id: build-howso-engine-py
         if: inputs.build-and-embed && inputs.howso-engine-build != ''
-        uses: "./.github/workflows/run-external.yml"
+        uses: "howsoai/.github/.github/workflows/run-external-composite@v1"
         with:
           repo: howso-engine-py
           workflow-name: build.yml