PROCESS: Installing and launching the application should be reusable among workflows.

Author: benel

.github/actions/launch/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Launch Hyperglosae
+description: Install and launch both backend and frontend (sources should be checked out).
+
+inputs:
+  repo-token:
+    description: GH token to access frontend build
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps :
+      - name: Download, install and launch backend with test data
+        run: |
+          export COUCHDB_USER="TO_BE_CHANGED"
+          export COUCHDB_PASSWORD="TO_BE_CHANGED"
+          docker compose --file docker-compose.test.yml up --detach updated_samples updated_code
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Wait for frontend build
+        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.3.1
+        with:
+          check-regexp: .? / build
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+          repo-token: ${{ inputs.repo-token }}
+      - name: Get frontend build
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: frontend-build
+          path: frontend/build
+      - name: Start frontend
+        run: |
+          export COUCHDB_USER="TO_BE_CHANGED"
+          export COUCHDB_PASSWORD="TO_BE_CHANGED"
+          docker compose --file docker-compose.test.yml up --detach
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Wait for frontend
+        uses: docker://benel/wait-for-response:1
+        with:
+          args: http://localhost/ 200 30000 500
+

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -19,34 +19,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Greenframe needs the whole history
       - name: Download tools
         run: |
-          docker compose --file docker-compose.test.yml pull
           curl https://assets.greenframe.io/install.sh | bash
           cd frontend; npm install --save-dev @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor
-      - name: Install and launch backend with test data
-        run: |
-          export COUCHDB_USER="TO_BE_CHANGED"
-          export COUCHDB_PASSWORD="TO_BE_CHANGED"
-          docker compose --file docker-compose.test.yml up --detach updated_samples updated_code
-      - name: Wait for frontend build
-        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.3.1
+      - name: Install and launch application
+        uses: ./.github/actions/launch
         with:
-          check-regexp: .? / build
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Get frontend build
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: frontend-build
-          path: frontend/build
-      - name: Start frontend
-        run: |
-          export COUCHDB_USER="TO_BE_CHANGED"
-          export COUCHDB_PASSWORD="TO_BE_CHANGED"
-          docker compose --file docker-compose.test.yml up --detach
-      - name: Wait for frontend
-        uses: docker://benel/wait-for-response:1
-        with:
-          args: http://localhost/ 200 30000 500
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           cd frontend; npx cypress run --config baseUrl=http://localhost