Fix building the openMINDS development branch

Author: apdavison

openMINDS_pipeline/.gitignore .gitignoreopenMINDS_pipeline/.gitignore renamed to .gitignore

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 print("***************************************")
 
 directory_structure = DirectoryStructure()
-clone_central(True)
+if args["config"] == "versions-dev.json":
+    clone_central(True, branch="development")
+else:
+    clone_central(True)
 
 # Step 1 - find the versions to be (re-)built
 relevant_versions, namespaces = evaluate_versions_to_be_built(args["config"], trigger)

build.py

@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 from openMINDS_pipeline.resolver import TEMPLATE_PROPERTY_TYPE
 
 
-def clone_central(refetch:bool) -> None:
+def clone_central(refetch:bool, branch:Optional[str]=None) -> None:
     if refetch and os.path.exists("target"):
         shutil.rmtree("target")
     if not os.path.exists("target"):
-        Repo.clone_from("https://github.com/openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS.git", "target")
+        if branch:
+            Repo.clone_from("https://github.com/openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS.git", "target", branch=branch)
+        else:
+            Repo.clone_from("https://github.com/openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS.git", "target")
         shutil.rmtree("target/.git")