Workflows: use gh API to get list of changed files

Author: bartgol

.github/workflows/eamxx-sa-testing.yml

@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@ jobs:
             ".github/workflows/eamxx-sa-testing.yml"
           )
           pattern=$(IFS=\|; echo "${paths[*]}")
-          changed_files=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }})
-          if [[ $changed_files =~ ^($pattern) ]]; then
+
+          # Use the GitHub API to get the list of changed files
+          response=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.number }}/files")
+
+          # Extract the filenames from the response
+          changed_files=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.[].filename')
+
+          if echo "$changed_files" | grep -qE "^($pattern)"; then
             echo "value=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "value=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/eamxx-scripts-tests.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # For non-pull_request events, no need to check files
           if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" != "pull_request" ]]; then
-            # If not a PR event, set value to true and exit early
             echo "value=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             exit 0  # Early exit
           fi
@@ -45,8 +44,15 @@ jobs:
           )
 
           pattern=$(IFS=\|; echo "${paths[*]}")
-          changed_files=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }})
-          if [[ $changed_files =~ ^($pattern) ]]; then
+
+          # Use the GitHub API to get the list of changed files
+          response=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.number }}/files")
+
+          # Extract the filenames from the response
+          changed_files=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.[].filename')
+
+          if echo "$changed_files" | grep -qE "^($pattern)"; then
             echo "value=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "value=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -80,3 +86,15 @@ jobs:
             ./scripts/scripts-tests -f -m ghci-snl-cpu
             ./scripts/cime-nml-tests
           fi
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.github/workflows/eamxx-v1-testing.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # For non-pull_request events, no need to check files
           if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" != "pull_request" ]]; then
-            # If not a PR event, set value to true and exit early
             echo "value=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             exit 0  # Early exit
           fi
@@ -56,9 +55,17 @@ jobs:
             "externals/YAKL"
             ".github/workflows/eamxx-v1-testing.yml"
           )
+
           pattern=$(IFS=\|; echo "${paths[*]}")
-          changed_files=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.before }} ${{ github.sha }})
-          if [[ $changed_files =~ ^($pattern) ]]; then
+
+          # Use the GitHub API to get the list of changed files
+          response=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.number }}/files")
+
+          # Extract the filenames from the response
+          changed_files=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.[].filename')
+
+          if echo "$changed_files" | grep -qE "^($pattern)"; then
             echo "value=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "value=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT