From f8e17fb3f67dfda2f1ac6bb79e6abc77516b67a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:07:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/54] all should be at latest long-term stable tag

---
 .github/workflows/black.yml                | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/codacy.yml               | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml      | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml         | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/docker-image.yml         | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/docs-ci.yml              | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/main.yml                 | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml          | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml          | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/ossar-analysis.yml       | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml      | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/python-install-check.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml          | 2 +-
 13 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index 3e7fd0864..40790685e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.9]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Extract black version from setup.py
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codacy.yml b/.github/workflows/codacy.yml
index de9c6eba7..7e1aefbbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codacy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codacy.yml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Checkout the repository to the GitHub Actions runner
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 4a8c4338f..ceab64ca5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
diff --git a/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml b/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
index 730acbff5..4337cd8bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         df -h
 
     - name: Checkout (GitHub)
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
     # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
index 502467131..d872c57f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Check out the repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         lfs: true
         submodules: 'recursive'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
index b92a1f625..8b471e9e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.x
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ba5e79b7a..2c286a20b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 23f91b178..e7e4643a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 30e83d5fb..67c91c18f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossar-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/ossar-analysis.yml
index b0323a7b2..804ed0dea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossar-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossar-analysis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Ensure a compatible version of dotnet is installed.
     # The [Microsoft Security Code Analysis CLI](https://aka.ms/mscadocs) is built with dotnet v3.1.201.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
index 4d8ff05a3..fb587e476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
           ref: master
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-install-check.yml b/.github/workflows/python-install-check.yml
index 7ec37528a..7fdb3283c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-install-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-install-check.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 78c10901e..c7ecfc2df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.

From 94df3a8700e3d17db100011bd64fb1ee36523d7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:21:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/54] added dependency workflow

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb72a5e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: Reusable Workflow
+
+on: [workflow_call]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Free space
+        run: |
+          df -h
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
+          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
+          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
+          df -h
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
+      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
+      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
+      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
+      - name: Detect and screen file changes
+        id: changed-files-specific
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
+        with:
+          files: |
+            .github/*.md
+            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
+            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
+            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+            .devcontainer/**
+            docs/**
+            mlcube/**
+            *.md
+            LICENSE
+            Dockerfile-*
+
+      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
+        run: |
+          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
+          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
+
+      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
+      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Install dependencies and package
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
+          python -m pip install wheel
+          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install -e .

From c6cc9537fc23eace4c7916359911c9b84930824f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:21:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/54] using the base actions for the rest

---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml | 61 ++-----------------------------
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 61 ++-----------------------------
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 61 ++-----------------------------
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index e7e4643a0..3ece0b7ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -12,66 +12,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Free space
-        run: |
-          df -h
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
-          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
-          df -h
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
-      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
-      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
-      - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
+      call-reusable-workflow:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
         with:
-          files: |
-            .github/*.md
-            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
-            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
-            .devcontainer/**
-            docs/**
-            mlcube/**
-            *.md
-            LICENSE
-            Dockerfile-*
+          node-version: '14'
 
-      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
-        run: |
-          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
-          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
-
-      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
-      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-      - name: Install dependencies and package
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
-          python -m pip install wheel
-          python -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 mlcube_docker
-          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-          pip install -e .
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 67c91c18f..6a0610858 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -13,69 +13,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Free space
-        run: |
-          df -h
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
-          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
-          df -h
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
-      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
-      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
-      - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
+      call-reusable-workflow:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
         with:
-          files: |
-            .github/*.md
-            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
-            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
-            .devcontainer/**
-            docs/**
-            mlcube/**
-            *.md
-            LICENSE
-            Dockerfile-*
-
-      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
-        run: |
-          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
-          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
+          node-version: '14'
 
-      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
-      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-      - name: Install dependencies and package
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
-          python -m pip install wheel
-          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-          pip install -e .
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "prepare_data_for_ci"
+
       # openfl tests start here
       - name: Run OpenFL tests
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index c7ecfc2df..9abccbbb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -13,66 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Free space
-        run: |
-          df -h
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
-          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
-          df -h
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
-      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
-      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
-      - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v41
+      call-reusable-workflow:
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
         with:
-          files: |
-            .github/*.md
-            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
-            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
-            .devcontainer/**
-            docs/**
-            mlcube/**
-            *.md
-            LICENSE
-            Dockerfile-*
+          node-version: '14'
 
-      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
-        run: |
-          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
-          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
-
-      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
-      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-      - name: Install dependencies and package
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
-          python -m pip install wheel
-          python -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 mlcube_docker
-          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-          pip install -e .
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |

From 14c057f935022898cc0c33ffcb423523cb551abc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:55:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 04/54] checking if this syntax works

---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml | 6 ++----
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 6 ++----
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 6 ++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 3ece0b7ea..dd9d6a354 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      call-reusable-workflow:
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-        with:
-          node-version: '14'
+      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 6a0610858..e96acc083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      call-reusable-workflow:
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-        with:
-          node-version: '14'
+      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 9abccbbb0..60e58f9b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      call-reusable-workflow:
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-        with:
-          node-version: '14'
+      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From 5acc9bf1cca6ae0b810ff925c33b9f6f4412593f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:56:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 05/54] fixed file name

---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index dd9d6a354..89c6b547b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index e96acc083..32aef1dea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 60e58f9b0..a936f1ccb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From e46dad80a228a89db9b0c26ce4684160e546fd03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:58:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 06/54] actions/checkout should be in the main workflow

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 3 ---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml  | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml  | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml  | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index cb72a5e82..9fcb4796a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
 
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 89c6b547b..9862325db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 32aef1dea..b7083b41e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index a936f1ccb..a707c35ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 

From 310816aadb56290367dc1deeac424c968e59060f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 07/54] trying something

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index b7083b41e..c1a5d91ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: LS
+        run: |
+          ls -lt
+
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 

From 0e7e76067400ec48f97f6a7c2e55e6fd6947e2bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:02:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 08/54] check again

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index c1a5d91ca..863f29417 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: LS
         run: |
-          ls -lt
+          ls -lta
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

From 2e6fb85345bcf3a0063e0a22d23408cee5b29067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:03:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/54] checking again

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 863f29417..a1a4fcf48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: LS
         run: |
+          pwd
           ls -lta
+          ls -lt .github
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

From 7709921b74b2add25681f1b364accd7bac462a73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:06:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/54] checking again

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml  | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 9fcb4796a..2f4a7327e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Reusable Workflow
+name: Dependencies
 
 on: [workflow_call]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index a1a4fcf48..845352442 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
       - name: LS
         run: |
           pwd

From 473fefcfdaf9db28980a2457b66849be1aba4d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:29:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/54] checking again

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml  | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 2f4a7327e..9e7dbd9fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
 
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 845352442..a1a4fcf48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: LS
         run: |
           pwd

From 7904fa515ea67c9720722f83cf1ee85c27658929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:31:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/54] check ls

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index a1a4fcf48..5f28809a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pwd
           ls -lta
-          ls -lt .github
+          ls -lt .github/workflows
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

From 3d81947883cbabb15a9132c578e9adae7e85de0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:32:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/54] check again

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 5f28809a9..ed934c5b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pwd
           ls -lta
-          ls -lt .github/workflows
+          file ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml

From cea3c63dd2dfa91f131155188592817f9a494abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:35:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 14/54] check again

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 9e7dbd9fb..d7a10202b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Dependencies
 
-on: [workflow_call]
+on: workflow_call
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
           df -h
 
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # - name: Checkout code
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.

From f73bb242121186e81ee9601b8364591a333f08f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:37:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 15/54] checking with same filename

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index d7a10202b..8bda2e097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-name: Dependencies
+name: dependencies
 
-on: workflow_call
+on: [workflow_call]
 
 jobs:
   build:

From 31d9a547abc57763c8987caca47f1ee5ca72a0de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:39:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 16/54] checking again

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index ed934c5b3..c049ceaae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ on:
   pull_request: {}
 
 jobs:
+  install-dependencies:
+    permissions:
+      contents: none
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+
   openfl-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -22,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           ls -lta
           file ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
-      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+      # - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+      #   uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From dcee7fc52bdfc93c32f95d8a1270e34f69ed1e28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:45:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 17/54] revert

---
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index c049ceaae..ed934c5b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ on:
   pull_request: {}
 
 jobs:
-  install-dependencies:
-    permissions:
-      contents: none
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-
   openfl-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -27,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
           ls -lta
           file ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
-      # - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-      #   uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From ad9145176210e81d3740f065185e99b46fd1e730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:56:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 18/54] checking if this helps

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 8bda2e097..6268e1ecf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: dependencies
 
-on: [workflow_call]
+on: 
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   build:

From 51afcf5f1ecb355582da209ff14f577d931ffd25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:42:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 19/54] trying another thing

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml | 3 +--
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml  | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 6268e1ecf..8bda2e097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: dependencies
 
-on: 
-  workflow_call:
+on: [workflow_call]
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 9862325db..1fc13dea1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test-deploy:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+    
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+      # - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+      #   uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing

From c0786298de61b1a40be523c434b7439759e13f29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:53:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 20/54] checking if using composite action helps

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml         |  6 +-
 .github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml          |  6 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml          |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 8bda2e097..394258826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: dependencies
 
-on: [workflow_call]
+on: 
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  install_dependencies:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
     steps:
       - name: Free space
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b2c18fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: 'Install Dependencies'
+
+description: 'Setup and install dependencies for GaNDLF'
+
+outputs:
+    files-changed:
+      description: "Which files have changed"
+      value: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}
+# on: 
+#   workflow_call:
+
+# jobs:
+#   install_dependencies:
+#     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+runs:
+    using: "composite"    
+    steps:
+      - name: Free space
+        run: |
+          df -h
+          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
+          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
+          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
+          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
+          df -h
+
+      # - name: Checkout code
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
+      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
+      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
+      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
+      - name: Detect and screen file changes
+        id: changed-files-specific
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
+        with:
+          files: |
+            .github/*.md
+            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
+            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
+            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+            .devcontainer/**
+            docs/**
+            mlcube/**
+            *.md
+            LICENSE
+            Dockerfile-*
+
+      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
+        run: |
+          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
+          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
+
+      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
+      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
+      - name: Cache pip
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/pip
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Install dependencies and package
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
+          python -m pip install wheel
+          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install -e .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 1fc13dea1..9862325db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test-deploy:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-    
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-      #   uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+      - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index ed934c5b3..620ec463a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           file ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From 3a8e32c51aaf4aecb2bbb671cd8b19ef95472059 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:58:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 21/54] rename

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/{actions.yml => action.yml} | 0
 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 rename .github/workflows/dependencies/{actions.yml => action.yml} (100%)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/dependencies/actions.yml
rename to .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml

From 4206de4c38a8e938b53bc10a7cb0daf21068571a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:00:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 22/54] added shell

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 4b2c18fa3..dc372eec7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ runs:
     using: "composite"    
     steps:
       - name: Free space
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           df -h
           sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ runs:
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
       # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
+        shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ runs:
             Dockerfile-*
 
       - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ runs:
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
       - name: Cache pip
+        shell: bash
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip
@@ -63,12 +67,14 @@ runs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        shell: bash
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
+        shell: bash
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update

From 212b96c7b54a89b269121a3eeb8d4ba67c24a291 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:24:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 23/54] testing another thing

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index dc372eec7..eebd51fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ runs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        shell: bash
+        # shell: bash
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 

From a362bc13ffa000cc73afa94f893cde05d6ca584c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:28:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 24/54] let's see what happens here

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index eebd51fa0..dff6630e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runs:
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
       # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        shell: bash
+        # shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ runs:
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
       - name: Cache pip
-        shell: bash
+        # shell: bash
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/pip

From 1676656c72f214ccbf32da2d425b347b12a6c75c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:30:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 25/54] updated version to use

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index dff6630e5..cf2a93b91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ runs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 

From dfc600bf442a73fe90a6313f0408636a11cd35e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:17:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 26/54] updated action to show extra output, updated workflows
 to use new composite action and removed reusable workflow

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml        | 72 -----------------------
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml |  1 +
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml         |  6 --
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/dependencies.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 394258826..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-name: dependencies
-
-on: 
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  install_dependencies:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    
-    steps:
-      - name: Free space
-        run: |
-          df -h
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/boost"
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
-          sudo rm -rf "$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT"
-          df -h
-
-      # - name: Checkout code
-      #   uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
-      # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
-      # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
-      - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        id: changed-files-specific
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
-        with:
-          files: |
-            .github/*.md
-            .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
-            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
-            .devcontainer/**
-            docs/**
-            mlcube/**
-            *.md
-            LICENSE
-            Dockerfile-*
-
-      - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
-        run: |
-          echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
-          echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
-
-      # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
-      # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-
-      - name: Set up Python 3.9
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-
-      - name: Install dependencies and package
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
-          python -m pip install wheel
-          pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-          pip install -e .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index cf2a93b91..6894d823f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ runs:
         run: |
           echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
+          echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 9862325db..5d4c04977 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 620ec463a..766760edd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: LS
-        run: |
-          pwd
-          ls -lta
-          file ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
-
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index a707c35ec..d0ff4628d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change

From 5cb3f001e7dfc0315b83febb4a0e24fab020490c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:35:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 27/54] added more files to check

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 6894d823f..1d666297e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ runs:
             .github/*.md
             .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
             .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
+            .github/workflows/main.yml
+            .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+            .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+            .github/workflows/python-test.yml
             .devcontainer/**
             docs/**
             mlcube/**

From 13869a4db85d96073e2748f5ae4e41d7a5a7bae2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:11:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 28/54] revert

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 1d666297e..6894d823f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -41,11 +41,7 @@ runs:
             .github/*.md
             .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*.md
             .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
-            .github/workflows/main.yml
-            .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
-            .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
-            .github/workflows/python-test.yml
+            .github/workflows/docker-image.yml
             .devcontainer/**
             docs/**
             mlcube/**

From 6b5739d12f06ccfdafe144b37e7d33c242a56544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:12:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 29/54] checking if full CI gets triggered --- should be
 reverted

---
 GANDLF/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/version.py b/GANDLF/version.py
index 9d601767a..af843f7e7 100644
--- a/GANDLF/version.py
+++ b/GANDLF/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
 # check GaNDLF wiki for versioning and release guidelines: https://github.com/mlcommons/GaNDLF/wiki
-__version__ = "0.1.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.1.0-devTEST"

From 1997deec4072452bf966e88853d6fa120e08cfc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:15:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 30/54] new version to ensure editable version

---
 GANDLF/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/version.py b/GANDLF/version.py
index af843f7e7..969da2b13 100644
--- a/GANDLF/version.py
+++ b/GANDLF/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
 # check GaNDLF wiki for versioning and release guidelines: https://github.com/mlcommons/GaNDLF/wiki
-__version__ = "0.1.0-devTEST"
+__version__ = "0.1.1-dev"

From 007bf0df83998100cbfcaec3af5b04ad20671d6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:33:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 31/54] updated logic to test for changed non-doc files

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml |  7 ++++---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml         |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         | 18 +++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 6894d823f..c410eb64f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runs:
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false'
+      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
         # shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ runs:
         run: |
           echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
+          echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
@@ -69,14 +70,14 @@ runs:
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
         shell: bash
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 5d4c04977..1116a162d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sh test_deploy.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 766760edd..f37659dea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "prepare_data_for_ci"
 
       # openfl tests start here
       - name: Run OpenFL tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           echo "Removing onnx because of protobuf version conflict"
           pip uninstall onnx -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index d0ff4628d..e3544ab19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -20,40 +20,40 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "generic"
       - name: Run classification unit tests with histology
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and histology"
       - name: Run classification unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and not histology"
       - name: Run segmentation unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "segmentation and not transunet"
       - name: Run regression unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "regression"
       - name: Run transunet unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "transunet"
       - name: Run entrypoints tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "entrypoints"
       - name: Run test for update_version
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "update_version"
 
       - name: Upload coverage
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

From d273d329bf5bd5dfb0640ac927a52c2034778b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:40:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 32/54] checking logic update

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml         |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         | 18 +++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index c410eb64f..a376fe7b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runs:
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0
+      # if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
         # shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ runs:
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
         shell: bash
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 1116a162d..3f12aaf78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sh test_deploy.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index f37659dea..03f2457c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "prepare_data_for_ci"
 
       # openfl tests start here
       - name: Run OpenFL tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           echo "Removing onnx because of protobuf version conflict"
           pip uninstall onnx -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index e3544ab19..581e16adb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -20,40 +20,40 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "generic"
       - name: Run classification unit tests with histology
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and histology"
       - name: Run classification unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and not histology"
       - name: Run segmentation unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "segmentation and not transunet"
       - name: Run regression unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "regression"
       - name: Run transunet unit tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "transunet"
       - name: Run entrypoints tests
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "entrypoints"
       - name: Run test for update_version
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "update_version"
 
       - name: Upload coverage
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0 # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

From cee58bf348583e68c25f69de06560f4be6af0686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:48:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 33/54] updated output variable

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index a376fe7b4..fadfbbd03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: 'Setup and install dependencies for GaNDLF'
 outputs:
     files-changed:
       description: "Which files have changed"
-      value: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}
+      value: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}
 # on: 
 #   workflow_call:
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
+          # echo "random-number=$(echo $RANDOM)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From b13d589e238dc33975f3c886bd97059d59f7cd4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:52:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 34/54] checking another mechanism

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index fadfbbd03..76bd1c01d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runs:
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
       # if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        # shell: bash
+        shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ runs:
             *.md
             LICENSE
             Dockerfile-*
+        run: |
+          echo "other_modified_files_count=$(echo ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
         shell: bash
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
-          # echo "random-number=$(echo $RANDOM)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From bc3c3491ea7ddc1aaa7dcfbc4999ac7d0b847825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:56:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 35/54] checking by putting the variable saving in another step

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 14 ++++++++------
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         |  2 +-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml         |  4 ++--
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         | 18 +++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 76bd1c01d..ae262a143 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ runs:
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
+      # if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
-        shell: bash
+        # shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
         with:
@@ -48,16 +48,18 @@ runs:
             *.md
             LICENSE
             Dockerfile-*
-        run: |
-          echo "other_modified_files_count=$(echo ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        # run: |
+        #   echo "other_modified_files_count=$(echo ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Summarize docs and non-docs modifications
+        id: changed-files
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "List of docs files that have changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.all_modified_files }}"
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
+          echo "other_modified_files_count=$(echo ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
@@ -72,14 +74,14 @@ runs:
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
         shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 3f12aaf78..91daeeb29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sh test_deploy.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 03f2457c0..253762596 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "prepare_data_for_ci"
 
       # openfl tests start here
       - name: Run OpenFL tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           echo "Removing onnx because of protobuf version conflict"
           pip uninstall onnx -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 581e16adb..b9be94515 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -20,40 +20,40 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "generic"
       - name: Run classification unit tests with histology
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and histology"
       - name: Run classification unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and not histology"
       - name: Run segmentation unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "segmentation and not transunet"
       - name: Run regression unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "regression"
       - name: Run transunet unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "transunet"
       - name: Run entrypoints tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "entrypoints"
       - name: Run test for update_version
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "update_version"
 
       - name: Upload coverage
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

From 1fa6581f874b4d429f4b274af0fbd3e2d95af0f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:02:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 36/54] testing outputs

---
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index b9be94515..4004e49e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        id: changed-files
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests

From 625eac22d17bd148d6eef70b1f1235ad67b338a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:17:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 37/54] trying something else

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index ae262a143..08cb4db8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
-          echo "other_modified_files_count=$(echo ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From 3559fb4bc4b6092edc3c3723e00dd6d773c41345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:44:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 38/54] trying another thing

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml |  6 +++---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         |  3 ++-
 .github/workflows/openfl-test.yml         |  5 +++--
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         | 20 ++++++++++----------
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 08cb4db8d..1fc99fc95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ runs:
       # Use changed-files-specific action to collect file changes.
       # The following commented condition applied to a step will run that step only if non-docs files have changed.
       # It should be applied to all functionality-related steps.
-      # if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
+      # if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}}
       - name: Detect and screen file changes
         # shell: bash
         id: changed-files-specific
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ runs:
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
         shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 91daeeb29..fffaa7361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        id: dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sh test_deploy.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 253762596..101762ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
+        id: dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests to download data and construct CSVs
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "prepare_data_for_ci"
 
       # openfl tests start here
       - name: Run OpenFL tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           echo "Removing onnx because of protobuf version conflict"
           pip uninstall onnx -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 4004e49e2..83aa753c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -17,44 +17,44 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
-        id: changed-files
+        id: dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml -k "generic"
       - name: Run classification unit tests with histology
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and histology"
       - name: Run classification unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "classification and not histology"
       - name: Run segmentation unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "segmentation and not transunet"
       - name: Run regression unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "regression"
       - name: Run transunet unit tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "transunet"
       - name: Run entrypoints tests
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "entrypoints"
       - name: Run test for update_version
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           pytest --cov=. --cov-report=xml --cov-append -k "update_version"
 
       - name: Upload coverage
-        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

From eb2fb22df3a1de699c191e8a5de63bc4d413866b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:50:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 39/54] changing id

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 1fc99fc95..373b67561 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: 'Setup and install dependencies for GaNDLF'
 outputs:
     files-changed:
       description: "Which files have changed"
-      value: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}
+      value: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}
 # on: 
 #   workflow_call:
 

From 8ddad9a8236151bcdaeea30b0277d4074225f9e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:51:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 40/54] debugging

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 373b67561..7b10f8970 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ runs:
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
           echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
@@ -74,14 +75,14 @@ runs:
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.9
         # shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Install dependencies and package
         shell: bash
-        if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
+        if: ${{steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y

From 4a71a89bbd5d98b26f41abf3fc2a1f365ae91ee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:56:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 41/54] checking different syntax

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 7b10f8970..4d4bad6ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ runs:
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
           echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From 00580782dfe43cd5fb0f1f6a3de8658e19d0b314 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:11:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 42/54] trying solution in
 https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/11771

---
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 713f64d5a..4ad27019e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         id: dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
+        uses: mlcommons/GaNDLF/.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change

From 6c98878a397db933034c3e1205bc0d889d8a1429 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:43:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 43/54] trying suggestion

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 4d4bad6ba..248bd92bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ runs:
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
           echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
+          # echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
+          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From 6dcb5358f42cfd3a399ad9740b29392cb459bd16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:49:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 44/54] trying copilot suggestion

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 10 +++++++---
 .github/workflows/python-test.yml         |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 248bd92bf..7a792782e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
-          echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
-          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # # echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
+          # echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Set output
+        run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 4ad27019e..713f64d5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Call reusable workflow to install dependencies
         id: dependencies
-        uses: mlcommons/GaNDLF/.github/workflows/dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
       - name: Run generic unit tests
         if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change

From 01b644ab8a23be39f1293bde8674d284e7844f10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:04:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 45/54] removed the specific lines altogether to see what
 happens

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 7a792782e..98ce31f72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
-          # echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # # echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
-          # echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Set output
         run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

From ac26401dd4c9e5943075e381a7d2d22574884dff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:06:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 46/54] let's add the shell

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 98ce31f72..e88ffb8b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ runs:
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
 
       - name: Set output
+        shell: bash
         run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
 

From 1cd823ba2ae8169f8f1f415ab6db8a7c54c262f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:07:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 47/54] added a debug

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index e88ffb8b2..dba5c3f94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ runs:
         shell: bash
         run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+      - name: Check saved output
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From c97e734cc36decef0b37c2f07101b885f5d97fac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:29:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 48/54] testing if `other_modified_files_count` gets picked up
 correctly or not

---
 GANDLF/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/version.py b/GANDLF/version.py
index 969da2b13..d960ec2d1 100644
--- a/GANDLF/version.py
+++ b/GANDLF/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
 # check GaNDLF wiki for versioning and release guidelines: https://github.com/mlcommons/GaNDLF/wiki
-__version__ = "0.1.1-dev"
+__version__ = "0.1.666-dev"

From ad9f93efd0ea52b2b3a93cb11a63ffc060cf3aa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:32:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 49/54] trying another solution

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index dba5c3f94..846cf94f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -59,14 +59,16 @@ runs:
           echo "Changed non-docs files: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files }}"
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
+          echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Set output
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      ## this did NOT work
+      # - name: Set output
+      #   shell: bash
+      #   run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Check saved output
         shell: bash
-        run: echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        run: echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From b4fd967881b24b7706457f28245a351f95a560a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:01:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 50/54] copy-paste suggestion

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index 846cf94f3..ec1f9ab9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -60,15 +60,18 @@ runs:
           echo "Count of non-docs files changed: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}"
           echo "If only-modified is triggered: ${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified }}"
           echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
 
       ## this did NOT work
       # - name: Set output
       #   shell: bash
       #   run: echo "other_modified_files_count=${{ steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Check saved output
-        shell: bash
-        run: echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
+      ## this did NOT work
+      # - name: Check saved output
+      #   shell: bash
+      #   run: echo "GITHUB_OUTPUT:${{ GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
 
       # This second step is unnecessary but highly recommended because
       # It will cache database and saves time re-downloading it if database isn't stale.

From ec187e27bbae0eec0cc23fbe53ea2960f162e678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:12:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 51/54] trying suggestion

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index ec1f9ab9e..b3c2f0387 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: 'Install Dependencies'
 description: 'Setup and install dependencies for GaNDLF'
 
 outputs:
-    files-changed:
+    other_modified_files_count:
       description: "Which files have changed"
       value: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.other_modified_files_count }}
 # on: 

From 9540f08a976aeecaf59855c8d2f690b48d59f221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:18:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 52/54] revert version

---
 GANDLF/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/GANDLF/version.py b/GANDLF/version.py
index d960ec2d1..969da2b13 100644
--- a/GANDLF/version.py
+++ b/GANDLF/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
 # check GaNDLF wiki for versioning and release guidelines: https://github.com/mlcommons/GaNDLF/wiki
-__version__ = "0.1.666-dev"
+__version__ = "0.1.1-dev"

From 7fb558f5e2dd53faa0a742d1b54f40bd1da78099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:36:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 53/54] ensure `mlcube_docker` is installed

---
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index fffaa7361..7536bb687 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ jobs:
         id: dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
+      - name: Install dependencies and package
+        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install mlcube_docker
+
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
         if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change

From 718a4823ed3acfa3af1987a667e4443b11b8aa7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scap3yvt <149599669+scap3yvt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:25:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 54/54] trying something else

---
 .github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml | 1 +
 .github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml         | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
index b3c2f0387..32f862b54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -99,5 +99,6 @@ runs:
           sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
           python -m pip install wheel
+          python -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 mlcube_docker
           pip install torch==2.3.1 torchvision==0.18.1 torchaudio==2.3.1 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
           pip install -e .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 7536bb687..fffaa7361 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         id: dependencies
         uses: ./.github/workflows/dependencies
 
-      - name: Install dependencies and package
-        if: steps.changed-files-specific.outputs.only_modified == 'false' # Run on any non-docs change
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install mlcube_docker
-
       - name: Run mlcube deploy tests
         working-directory: ./testing
         if: ${{steps.dependencies.outputs.other_modified_files_count > 0}} # Run on any non-docs change