another attempt to get datalad to work

Author: zm711

.github/workflows/io-test.yml

@@ -76,10 +76,24 @@ jobs:
         # restore-key hits should result in `cache-hit` == 'false'
         #if: steps.cache-conda-env.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          conda install datalad pip numpy=${{ matrix.numpy-version }} -c conda-forge
+          conda install pip numpy=${{ matrix.numpy-version }} -c conda-forge
         # this command is for updating cache. We are resting removal.
         # conda env update --name neo-test-env-${{ matrix.python-version }} --file environment_testing.yml --prune
 
+      - name: Install git-annex
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          pip install datalad-installer
+          wget https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz
+          mkdir /home/runner/work/installation
+          mv git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz /home/runner/work/installation/
+          workdir=$(pwd)
+          cd /home/runner/work/installation
+          tar xvzf git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz
+          echo "$(pwd)/git-annex.linux" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          cd $workdir
+          git config --global filter.annex.process "git-annex filter-process"  # recommended for efficiency
+
       - name: Configure git
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "neo_ci@fake_mail.com"

pyproject.toml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test = [
     # "dhn_med_py<2.0", # ci failing with 2.0 test future version when stable
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
-    # datalad   # this dependency is covered by conda (environment_testing.yml)-- maybe moving straight to ci
+    "datalad"
     "scipy>=1.0.0",
     "pyedflib",
     "h5py",