GOATS-720: Improve build time on GitHub actions using uv.

.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml

@@ -12,63 +12,30 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  run_tests:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -l {0}
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        python-version:
+          - "3.12"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: goats
 
-      - name: Setup Miniforge
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - name: Install uv and set the python version
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
-          auto-update-conda: true
+          enable-cache: true
+          cache-dependency-glob: uv.lock
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          miniforge-version: latest
-          activate-environment: goats-env
-          channels: conda-forge, http://astroconda.gemini.edu/public
-          channel-priority: strict
-          auto-activate-base: false
-          conda-remove-defaults: "true"
-
-      - name: Get date
-        id: get-date
-        run: echo "today=$(/bin/date -u '+%Y%m%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        shell: bash
 
-      - name: Cache conda env
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs
-          key: conda-${{ runner.os }}--${{ runner.arch }}--${{
-            steps.get-date.outputs.today }}-${{
-            hashFiles('goats/ci_environment.yaml', 'goats/pyproject.toml') }}-${{
-            env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
-        env:
-          # Increase this value to reset cache if goats/ci_environment.yaml has not changed.
-          CACHE_NUMBER: 0
-        id: cache
-
-      - name: Update environment
-        run: |
-          conda env update -n goats-env -f goats/ci_environment.yaml
-          cd goats
-          uv pip install -v -e . --group dev
-        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      - name: Install the project
+        run: uv sync --locked --dev --group github
 
       - name: Run tests and calculate coverage
         run: |
-          cd goats
-          pytest -r A -v -n auto --cov=src --cov-report=xml --cov=tests --cov-branch
+          uv run pytest -r A -v -n auto --cov=src --cov-report=xml --cov=tests --cov-branch
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5

docs/changes/322.other.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improved build time for unit tests on GitHub by using `uv`: Removed the dependency for `conda` and install `dragons` and `fits_storage` from their respective repos. This removes the need for `conda` and the bloated install.

pyproject.toml

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ docs = [
     "sphinx-rtd-theme>=3.0.2",
     "sphinxcontrib-video>=0.4.1",
 ]
+github = [
+    "dragons",
+    "fits-storage",
+]
 notebook = ["ipykernel>=6.29.5"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
@@ -143,3 +147,7 @@ skip-magic-trailing-comma = false
 line-ending = "auto"
 docstring-code-format = true
 docstring-code-line-length = "dynamic"
+
+[tool.uv.sources]
+dragons = { git = "https://github.com/GeminiDRSoftware/DRAGONS", tag = "v4.0.0" }
+fits-storage = { git = "https://github.com/GeminiDRSoftware/FitsStorage", tag = "v3.4.0" }