Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into ohc-test-data

* origin/main:
  chore: Flush file
  chore: Upgrade pixi
  Bump version: 0.7.3 → 0.7.4
  chore: Avoid the loguru version clashing
  chore: Use pypi version of loguru
  chore: Manually remove
  Revert "Updated sample data"
  chore: Add log item
  Updated sample data
  chore: Fetch the URL first
  chore: don't cache the pixi install
  chore: Add loguru
  chore: Add joblib
  docs: Changelog
  fix: Use the obs4REF registry from main instead of installing the package

Author: lewisjared

.bumpversion.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.7.3"
+current_version = "0.7.4"
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
 serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
 search = "{current_version}"

.github/actions/setup/action.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Install pixi
       uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.11
       with:
-        pixi-version: "v0.49.0"
-        cache: true
-        # Frozen is needed as the ref git dependency was not playing nice with a fully locked environment
-        frozen: true
+        pixi-version: "v0.54.0"
+        cache: false # The self-hosted runners have a local cache
+        locked: true
         log-level: "v"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ from the examples given in that link.
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## ref-sample-data 0.7.4 (2025-09-26)
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Removes the ERA5 ta data Obs4REF in preference for fetching from Obs4MIPs directly.
+  This also removes the dependency on the climate-ref package. ([#50](https://github.com/CMIP-REF/ref-sample-data/pulls/50))
+
+
 ## ref-sample-data 0.7.3 (2025-09-12)
 
 ### Improvements

changelog/354.fix.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removes ERA5 ta dataset from obs4REF in preference for obs4MIP