internal/ci: set GOTOOLCHAIN=local as part of installGo

Installing a specific version of Go in a CI matrix has intent: i.e. we
intend to use that verison for everything.

The default value for GOTOOLCHAIN is 'auto'. Per:

    https://go.dev/doc/toolchain

this has the effect of downloading other toolchains as required by
go.mod files of dependencies etc. We don't want this: we want to fail in
case the version intended by CI is not appropriate.

The doc comment in internal/ci/base/github.cue motivates why (for now)
we set this variable as part of the installGo step. TL;DR - it localises
the setting of a variable pertinent only to jobs that require Go (and
the installation of Go is required because it is not part of the base
image on all platforms), and an environment variable approach does not
work where a matrix of Go versions is involved.

Signed-off-by: Paul Jolly <[email protected]>
Change-Id: I3b0fa04c69dc51d75bafcdf513e0415adf85564d
Reviewed-on: https://review.gerrithub.io/c/cue-lang/cue/+/1200599
Reviewed-by: Daniel Martí <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: CUEcueckoo <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache: false
           go-version: 1.23.0
+      - name: Set common go env vars
+        run: |-
+          go env -w GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+
+          # Dump env for good measure
+          go env
       - name: Setup qemu
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx

.github/workflows/trybot.yml

@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache: false
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+      - name: Set common go env vars
+        run: |-
+          go env -w GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+
+          # Dump env for good measure
+          go env
       - name: Get go mod cache directory
         id: go-mod-cache-dir
         run: echo "dir=$(go env GOMODCACHE)" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}

internal/ci/base/github.cue

@@ -15,14 +15,51 @@ bashWorkflow: json.#Workflow & {
 	jobs: [string]: defaults: run: shell: "bash"
 }
 
-installGo: json.#step & {
-	name: "Install Go"
-	uses: "actions/setup-go@v5"
-	with: {
-		// We do our own caching in setupGoActionsCaches.
-		cache:        false
-		"go-version": string
+installGo: {
+	#setupGo: json.#step & {
+		name: "Install Go"
+		uses: "actions/setup-go@v5"
+		with: {
+			// We do our own caching in setupGoActionsCaches.
+			cache:        false
+			"go-version": string
+		}
 	}
+
+	// Why set GOTOOLCHAIN here? As opposed to an environment variable
+	// elsewhere? No perfect answer to this question but here is the thinking:
+	//
+	// Setting the variable here localises it with the installation of Go. Doing
+	// it elsewhere creates distance between the two steps which are
+	// intrinsically related. And it's also hard to do: "when we use this step,
+	// also ensure that we establish an environment variable in the job for
+	// GOTOOLCHAIN".
+	//
+	// Environment variables can only be set at a workflow, job or step level.
+	// Given we currently use a matrix strategy which varies the Go version,
+	// that rules out using an environment variable based approach, because the
+	// Go version is only available at runtime via GitHub actions provided
+	// context. Whether we should instead be templating multiple workflows (i.e.
+	// exploding the matrix ourselves) is a different question, but one that
+	// has performance implications.
+	//
+	// So as clumsy as it is to use a step "template" that includes more than
+	// one step, it's the best option available to us for now.
+	[
+		#setupGo,
+
+		{
+			json.#step & {
+				name: "Set common go env vars"
+				run: """
+					go env -w GOTOOLCHAIN=local
+
+					# Dump env for good measure
+					go env
+					"""
+			}
+		},
+	]
 }
 
 checkoutCode: {
@@ -100,7 +137,7 @@ checkoutCode: {
 
 earlyChecks: json.#step & {
 	name: "Early git and code sanity checks"
-	run: "go run ./internal/ci/checks"
+	run:  "go run ./internal/ci/checks"
 }
 
 curlGitHubAPI: {

internal/ci/github/release.cue

@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ workflows: release: _repo.bashWorkflow & {
 	jobs: goreleaser: {
 		"runs-on": _repo.linuxMachine
 		if:        "${{github.repository == '\(_repo.githubRepositoryPath)'}}"
+
+		let installGo = _repo.installGo & {
+			#setupGo: with: "go-version": _repo.pinnedReleaseGo
+			_
+		}
 		steps: [
 			for v in _repo.checkoutCode {v},
-			_repo.installGo & {
-				with: "go-version": _repo.pinnedReleaseGo
-			},
+			for v in installGo {v},
 			json.#step & {
 				name: "Setup qemu"
 				uses: "docker/setup-qemu-action@v3"

internal/ci/github/trybot.cue

@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ workflows: trybot: _repo.bashWorkflow & {
 				_
 			}
 
+			let installGo = _repo.installGo & {
+				#setupGo: with: "go-version": goVersionVal
+				_
+			}
+
 			// Only run the trybot workflow if we have the trybot trailer, or
 			// if we have no special trailers. Note this condition applies
 			// after and in addition to the "on" condition above.
@@ -51,9 +56,7 @@ workflows: trybot: _repo.bashWorkflow & {
 			steps: [
 				for v in _repo.checkoutCode {v},
 
-				_repo.installGo & {
-					with: "go-version": goVersionVal
-				},
+				for v in installGo {v},
 
 				// cachePre must come after installing Node and Go, because the cache locations
 				// are established by running each tool.