Play around a bit with setting the config matrix on a previous job

Author: lcolladotor

.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml

@@ -40,23 +40,43 @@ env:
   has_RUnit: 'false'
   cache-version: 'cache-v1'
   run_docker: 'false'
+  latest_release: 'true'
 
 jobs:
-  build-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
-    container: ${{ matrix.config.cont }}
-    ## Environment variables unique to this job.
+  bioc-config:
+  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  outputs:
+    matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+  steps:
+    - id: set-bioc-matrix
+      run: |
+        bioc=$(curl -L https://bioconductor.org/config.yaml)
+        if [[ "$latest_release" == "true" ]]; then
+          echo "Finding the latest BioC release version and the corresponding R version"
+          biocversion=$(echo $bioc | grep "release_version: " | grep -Eo "[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{2}")
+          rversion=$(echo $bioc | grep "r_version_associated_with_release: " | grep -Eo "[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{1}")
+          biocmajor=$(echo $biocversion | cut -c 1-1)
+          biocminor=$(echo $biocversion | cut -c 3-4)
+          bioccont="bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:RELEASE_${biocmajor}_${biocminor}"
+        else
+          echo "Finding the latest BioC devel version and the corresponding R version"
+          biocversion=$(echo $bioc | grep "devel_version: " | grep -Eo "[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{2}")
+          rversion=$(echo $bioc | grep "r_version_associated_with_devel: " | grep -Eo "[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{1}")
+          bioccont="bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:devel"
+        fi
+        echo "matrix={ \"config\": { [{\"os\" : \"ubuntu-latest\", \"r\" : \"${rversion}\", \"bioc\" : \"${biocversion}\", \"cont\" : \"${bioccont}\"} , {\"os\" : \"macOS-latest\", \"r\" : \"${rversion}\", \"bioc\" : \"${biocversion}\"} , {\"os\" : \"windows-latest\", \"r\" : \"${rversion}\", \"bioc\" : \"${biocversion}\" }] } }"
 
+  build-check:
+    needs: bioc-config
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.4', bioc: '3.20', cont: "bioconductor/bioconductor_docker:RELEASE_3_20"}
-          - { os: macOS-latest, r: '4.4', bioc: '3.20'}
-          - { os: windows-latest, r: '4.4', bioc: '3.20'}
+      matrix: ${{fromJson(needs.bioc-config.outputs.matrix)}}
           ## Check https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
           ## for examples using the http-user-agent
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+    container: ${{ matrix.config.cont }}
+    ## Environment variables unique to this job.
     env:
       R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
       NOT_CRAN: true