From dc0a095ab44f40f13f394a04405f83b3cc50f0ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince D Rusweka Rwabongoya <prince.rusweka_rwabongoya@uconn.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:14:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update backend-ci.yml

---
 backend/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml | 42 +++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml b/backend/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
index 36c898c..31d28ca 100644
--- a/backend/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
+++ b/backend/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
@@ -9,20 +9,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: self-hosted
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: backend
 
     steps:
-      - name: Clean GitHub Actions workspace manually (force clean)
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/*
-
-      - name: Checkout repository without submodules
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: false
-          clean: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
@@ -32,23 +23,22 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m venv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
-          pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Run pylint on backend only
+      - name: Run pylint (backend only)
         run: |
           source venv/bin/activate
-          pylint ./backend/**/*.py
+          pylint . --exit-zero | tee pylint.log
+          SCORE=$(tail -n 2 pylint.log | grep -oP '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?=/10)')
+          echo "Pylint score: $SCORE"
+          python -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if float('$SCORE') >= 8.0 else 1)"
 
   test:
     runs-on: self-hosted
     needs: lint
 
     steps:
-      - name: Clean GitHub Actions workspace manually (force clean)
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/*
-
-      - name: Checkout repository without submodules
+      - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: false
@@ -68,14 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
           pip install pytest-html
 
-      - name: Run pylint with score check
-        run: |
-          source venv/bin/activate
-          pylint backend/main.py backend/db.py backend/init_db.py --exit-zero | tee pylint.log
-          SCORE=$(tail -n 2 pylint.log | grep -oP '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?=/10)')
-          echo "Pylint score: $SCORE"
-          python -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if float('$SCORE') >= 8.0 else 1)"
-
       - name: Start Flask API server
         run: |
           nohup python backend/main.py > flask.log 2>&1 &
@@ -93,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           BASE_URL: http://127.0.0.1:5000
         run: |
           source venv/bin/activate
-          pytest ./backend/tests --html=backend/test-report.html --self-contained-html
+          pytest backend/tests --html=backend/test-report.html --self-contained-html
 
       - name: Upload test report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -110,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: lint
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository without submodules
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: false