From 4a5f40142f1ac2a889e5a90463deffcaf6112a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: narimiran <narimiran@disroot.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 14:58:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] try to make a reusable matrix

---
 .github/workflows/common.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++--------------------
 .github/workflows/matrix.yml | 26 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/matrix.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/common.yml b/.github/workflows/common.yml
index ef7baf9..d1518ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/common.yml
@@ -2,42 +2,34 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      matrix:
+        value: ${{ jobs.generate-json-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+
 
 concurrency: # Cancel stale PR builds (but not push builds)
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  create-matrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.convert.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: convert
+        run: |
+          echo "matrix=$(yq -o=json -I=0 '.' .github/workflows/matrix.yml" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
   build:
+    needs: create-matrix
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ needs.create-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        target:
-          - os: linux
-            cpu: amd64
-            platform: x64
-            builder: ubuntu-latest
-          - os: linux-gcc-14 # This is to use ubuntu 24 and install gcc 14. Should be removed when ubuntu-latest is 26.04
-            cpu: amd64
-            platform: x64
-            builder: ubuntu-24.04
-          - os: macos
-            cpu: amd64
-            platform: x64
-            builder: macos-13
-          - os: windows
-            cpu: amd64
-            platform: x64
-            builder: windows-latest
-          - os: linux
-            cpu: i386
-            platform: x86
-            builder: ubuntu-latest
-          - os: macos
-            cpu: arm64
-            platform: arm64
-            builder: macos-latest
-        branch: [version-2-0, version-2-2, devel]
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.create-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash
@@ -134,10 +126,10 @@ jobs:
             bash build_nim.sh nim csources dist/nimble NimBinaries
           echo '${{ github.workspace }}/nim/bin' >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          nim --version
-          nimble --version
-          gcc --version
-          nimble install -y --depsOnly
-          nimble test
+      # - name: Run tests
+      #   run: |
+      #     nim --version
+      #     nimble --version
+      #     gcc --version
+      #     nimble install -y --depsOnly
+      #     nimble test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e2ddc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+target:
+  - os: linux
+    cpu: amd64
+    platform: x64
+    builder: ubuntu-latest
+  - os: linux-gcc-14 # This is to use ubuntu 24 and install gcc 14. Should be removed when ubuntu-latest is 26.04
+    cpu: amd64
+    platform: x64
+    builder: ubuntu-24.04
+  - os: macos
+    cpu: amd64
+    platform: x64
+    builder: macos-13
+  - os: windows
+    cpu: amd64
+    platform: x64
+    builder: windows-latest
+  - os: linux
+    cpu: i386
+    platform: x86
+    builder: ubuntu-latest
+  - os: macos
+    cpu: arm64
+    platform: arm64
+    builder: macos-latest
+branch: [version-2-0, version-2-2, devel]