infra: switch from using templating to using reusable matrix

This will enable us to get rid of the custom jinja rendering and the
workflow duplication with the templates.

Author: KKoukiou

.branch-variables.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,3 @@ distro_release: "rawhide" # "rawhide" or a number without quotation marks
 
 # The following only applies for rawhide.
 rawhide_fedora_version: 41 # number without quotation marks, or nothing if CI should not run for branched Fedora
-
-# List of all the branches which are currently supported and CI should be executed on these.
-supported_branches:
-  - fedora-40:
-    variant: "fedora"
-  - rhel-9:
-    variant: "rhel"
-  - rhel-10:
-    variant: "rhel"

.github/workflows/container-autoupdate-fedora.yml

@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  matrix-builder:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/matrix-builder.yml
 
-  master:
+  container-rebuild-matrix:
     # Don't run scheduled workflows on forks.
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'rhinstaller/anaconda'
+    needs: matrix-builder
     uses: ./.github/workflows/container-rebuild-action.yml
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix-builder.outputs.matrix) }}
+        exclude:
+          - variant: "rhel"
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      container-tag: master
-      branch: master
-
-  fedora-40:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/container-rebuild-action.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      container-tag: fedora-40
-      branch: fedora-40
+      container-tag: ${{ matrix.branch }}
+      branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}

.github/workflows/container-autoupdate-fedora.yml.j2

@@ -14,18 +14,23 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  matrix-builder:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/matrix-builder.yml
+
   update:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'rhinstaller/anaconda'
     environment: releases
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
+    strategy:
+    needs: matrix-builder
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 1
       matrix:
-        branch: ['master', 'fedora-40', 'rhel-9', 'rhel-10']
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix-builder.outputs.matrix) }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up dependencies

.github/workflows/l10n-po-update.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Matrix builder
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    # Map the workflow outputs to job outputs
+    outputs:
+      matrix:
+        description: "Matrix of configurations"
+        value: ${{ jobs.matrix-builder.outputs.matrix }}
+
+jobs:
+  matrix-builder:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.convert.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Assign the matrix from .supported-branches.json
+      id: convert
+      run: |
+        echo "matrix=$(yq -P -o=json .supported-branches.json | jq -c .)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/l10n-po-update.yml.j2

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-# ======================================
-# WARNING!
-# THIS FILE IS GENERATED FROM A TEMPLATE
-# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY!
-# ======================================
-# The template is located in: tests-daily.yml.j2
-
 # Run unit tests daily.
 #
 # This is different from container rebuilds, where the tests "gate" the new version. The last
@@ -34,38 +27,31 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  matrix-builder:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/matrix-builder.yml
+
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     # Don't run scheduled workflows on forks.
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'rhinstaller/anaconda'
+    needs: matrix-builder
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        release: ['master', 'fedora-40']
-        include:
-          - release: 'master'
-            target_branch: 'master'
-            ci_tag: 'master'
-          ## add to  release: [...]  also eln if re-enabled by uncommenting the below
-          #- release: 'eln'
-          #  target_branch: 'master'
-          #  ci_tag: 'eln'
-          #  build-args: '--build-arg=image=quay.io/fedoraci/fedora:eln-x86_64'
-          - release: 'fedora-40'
-            target_branch: 'fedora-40'
-            ci_tag: 'fedora-40'
-
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix-builder.outputs.matrix) }}
+        exclude:
+          - variant: "rhel"
     env:
-      CI_TAG: '${{ matrix.ci_tag }}'
+      CI_TAG: '${{ matrix.branch }}'
       # Always avoid using cache because cache is not correctly invalidated.
       CONTAINER_BUILD_ARGS: '--no-cache ${{ matrix.build-args }}'
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ matrix.target_branch }}
+          ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
 
       - name: Run tests in anaconda-ci container
         run: |
@@ -76,36 +62,31 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: 'logs (${{ matrix.ci_tag }})'
+          name: 'logs (${{ matrix.branch }})'
           path: test-logs/*
 
   rpm-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     # Don't run scheduled workflows on forks.
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.repository == 'rhinstaller/anaconda'
+    needs: matrix-builder
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        release: ['master', 'fedora-40']
-        include:
-          - release: 'master'
-            target_branch: 'master'
-            ci_tag: 'master'
-          - release: 'fedora-40'
-            target_branch: 'fedora-40'
-            ci_tag: 'fedora-40'
-
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix-builder.outputs.matrix) }}
+        exclude:
+          - variant: "rhel"
     env:
-      CI_TAG: '${{ matrix.ci_tag }}'
+      CI_TAG: '${{ matrix.branch }}'
       # Always avoid using cache because cache is not correctly invalidated.
       CONTAINER_BUILD_ARGS: '--no-cache ${{ matrix.build-args }}'
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ matrix.target_branch }}
+          ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
 
       - name: Run RPM tests in container
         run: make -f Makefile.am container-rpm-test
@@ -114,5 +95,5 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: 'logs-rpm-test (${{ matrix.ci_tag }})'
+          name: 'logs-rpm-test (${{ matrix.branch }})'
           path: test-logs/*