From a2befaa6a8fd7f9252fb5b4041bc8c0557d28cd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:57:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test that trigger step is skipped but workflow succeeds

---
 .github/workflows/trigger_main.yml | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
index c29bb22..6149035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger_main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - develop
-      - main_v**
+      - 'main_v[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
       - main
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
         run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # get the develop branch of METplus to get the latest component version script
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: 'dtcenter/METplus'
           ref: 'develop'
           path: 'METplus'
-      - run: ls $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
       - id: get_version
         run: |
-          version=$(python3 -c "from component_name import __version__; print(__version__)")
+          version=$(cut -d "/" -f3 <<< "${GITHUB_REF}")
           echo "version=${version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - id: get_metplus_branch
         run: |
@@ -42,15 +42,17 @@ jobs:
           cmd="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus/metplus/component_versions.py -i METplotpy -v ${version} -o METplus -f main_v{X}.{Y}"
           echo $cmd
           metplus_branch=$($cmd)
-          if [ -z "$(git -C $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus branch -l ${metplus_branch} --format '%(refname:short)')" ]; then
+          if [ -z "$(git -C $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/METplus branch -l ${metplus_branch})" ]; then
             echo "METplus branch ${metplus_branch} does not exist yet"
-            exit 1
+            metplus_branch=none
           fi
           echo "metplus_branch=${metplus_branch}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - run: |
+      - if: ( steps.get_metplus_branch.outputs.metplus_branch  != 'none' )
+        run: |
           metplus_branch=${{ steps.get_metplus_branch.outputs.metplus_branch }}
           echo "Triggering workflow dispatch of ${metplus_branch}"
-#      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+#      - if: ( steps.get_metplus_branch.outputs.metplus_branch  != 'none' )
+#        uses: actions/github-script@v7
 #        with:
 #          github-token: ${{ secrets.METPLUS_BOT_TOKEN }}
 #          script: |
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
 #              owner: 'dtcenter',
 #              repo: 'METplus',
 #              workflow_id: 'testing.yml',
-#              ref: 'develop',
+#              ref: ${{ steps.get_metplus_branch.outputs.metplus_branch }},
 #              inputs: {
 #                repository: '${{ github.repository }}',
 #                ref: '${{ github.ref }}',