make space before bot command optional #772

	# This file is part of the EESSI build-and-deploy bot,
	# see https://github.com/EESSI/eessi-bot-software-layer
	#
	# The bot helps with requests to add software installations to the
	# EESSI software layer, see https://github.com/EESSI/software-layer
	#
	# author: Kenneth Hoste (@boegel)
	# author: Alan O'Cais (@ocaisa)
	# author: Thomas Roeblitz (@trz42)
	#
	# license: GPLv2
	#

	name: Run tests
	on: [push, pull_request]
	# Declare default permissions as read only.
	permissions: read-all
	jobs:
	test:
	runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
	strategy:
	matrix:
	# for now, only test with Python 3.9+ (since we're testing in Ubuntu 24.04)
	#python: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, '3.10', '3.11']
	python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
	fail-fast: false
	steps:
	- name: checkout
	uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.1.0

	- name: set up Python
	uses: actions/setup-python@13ae5bb136fac2878aff31522b9efb785519f984 # v4.3.0
	with:
	python-version: ${{matrix.python}}

	- name: Install required Python packages + pytest + flake8
	run: \|
	python -m pip install --upgrade pip
	python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
	python -m pip install pytest
	python -m pip install --upgrade flake8

	- name: Run test suite (without coverage)
	run: \|
	./test.sh --verbose

	- name: Run test suite (with coverage)
	run: \|
	python -m pip install pytest-cov
	./test.sh -q --cov=$PWD

	- name: Run flake8 to verify PEP8-compliance of Python code
	run: \|
	flake8

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