# Context:
USER: can you stop this action from running on pushes/merges and make it so that it only runs when manually initiated?
ASSISTANT: Sure, to make the GitHub action only run when manually initiated, we need to modify the `.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml` file. We will remove the `push` and `pull_request` triggers and add a `workflow_dispatch` trigger.
Here is the change:
```yaml
.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
<<<<<<< ORIGINAL
name: Windows Tests
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
branches:
- main
=======
name: Windows Tests
on:
workflow_dispatch:
>>>>>>> UPDATED
```
This change will make the workflow only run when manually triggered from the GitHub Actions UI.
# Context:
USER: we do need to install universal ctags on windows too
ASSISTANT: To install universal ctags on Windows, we need to modify the `windows-tests.yml` file. However, universal ctags is not available in the standard repositories used by GitHub Actions' Windows environment. We can use Chocolatey, a package manager for Windows, to install universal ctags.
Here are the changes:
```yaml
.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
<<<<<<< ORIGINAL
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
=======
- name: Install universal ctags
run: |
choco install universal-ctags
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
>>>>>>> UPDATED
```
This adds a new step to the workflow to install universal ctags using Chocolatey before installing the Python dependencies.
# Context:
USER: make a windows workflow to run the tests, based on the existing python workflow
ASSISTANT: To create a Windows workflow for running tests, we can use the existing Python workflow as a base. We will need to modify the `runs-on` field to specify a Windows environment, and adjust the commands for installing dependencies and running tests to be compatible with Windows.
Here are the changes:
```yaml
.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml
<<<<<<< ORIGINAL
=======
name: Windows Tests
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
branches:
- main
jobs:
build:
runs-on: windows-latest
strategy:
matrix:
python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
steps:
- name: Check out repository
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
uses: actions/setup-python@v4
with:
python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
- name: Run tests
run: |
python -m unittest discover -s tests
>>>>>>> UPDATED
```
This creates a new file `.github/workflows/windows-tests.yml` with the necessary configuration for running tests on a Windows environment. The Python version matrix, checkout, setup, and test steps are the same as in the original Python workflow. The command to install dependencies has been simplified, as the `universal-ctags` package is not required or available on Windows.
