From f5d3b5c158a3ebcf33132350282556bfe96af398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prince D Rusweka Rwabongoya <prince.rusweka_rwabongoya@uconn.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:30:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update backend-ci.yml

---
 .github/workflows/backend-ci.yml | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
index dcb9bf8..f46a05f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Cache Python dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Updated to v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Using the latest stable version
         with:
           path: venv
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ jobs:
           source venv/bin/activate
           # Compare against the remote main branch to handle the first commit
           changed_files=$(git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD | grep '\.py$' || true)
+          
           if [ -n "$changed_files" ]; then
             pylint $changed_files --exit-zero | tee pylint.log
+            SCORE=$(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)"
           else
             echo "No Python files changed, skipping pylint."
+            exit 0  # Exit with status 0 (success) if no Python files changed
           fi
-          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
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install pytest-html
 
       - name: Cache Python dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Updated to v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Using the latest stable version
         with:
           path: venv
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-python-${{ hashFiles('backend/requirements.txt') }}
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '20'
 
       - name: Cache node modules
-        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Updated to v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v3  # Using the latest stable version
         with:
           path: frontend/node_modules
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('frontend/package-lock.json') }}