[Actions] Updating deprecated actions, removing unnecessary checkouts, adding workflow dispatch call (#40)

* Remove unnecessary chechouts

* Enabling building on different branches to test it

* Updating all actions to Node.js 20

* Updating to v4

* Triggering a template from the development branch

* Adding a workflow dispatch call

* Adding branch restriction back and using templates from masters

Author: VeithMetro

.github/workflows/Build ThunderLibraries on Linux.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Build ThunderLibraries on Linux
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: ["main"]
   pull_request:

.github/workflows/Linux build template.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         build_type: [Debug, Release, MinSizeRel]
 
+# ----- Packages & artifacts -----
     name: Build type - ${{matrix.build_type}}
     steps:
     - name: Install necessary packages
-      uses: nick-fields/retry@v2
+      uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
       with:
         timeout_minutes: 10
         max_attempts: 10
@@ -27,14 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           pip install jsonref
           sudo apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build libusb-1.0-0-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
 
-    - name: Checkout Thunder
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        path: Thunder
-        repository: rdkcentral/Thunder
-
     - name: Download artifacts
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: Thunder-${{matrix.build_type}}-artifact
         path: ${{matrix.build_type}}
@@ -44,8 +39,9 @@ jobs:
         tar -xvzf ${{matrix.build_type}}/${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz
         rm ${{matrix.build_type}}/${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz
 
+# ----- Regex & checkout -----
     - name: Checkout ThunderLibraries
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         path: ThunderLibraries
         repository: WebPlatformForEmbedded/ThunderLibraries
@@ -59,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         regex_flags: 'gim'
         search_string: ${{github.event.pull_request.body}}
 
+# ----- Building & uploading -----
     - name: Build ThunderLibraries
       run: |
         cmake -G Ninja -S ThunderLibraries -B ${{matrix.build_type}}/build/ThunderLibraries \
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tar -czvf ${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz ${{matrix.build_type}}
 
     - name: Upload
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: ThunderLibraries-${{matrix.build_type}}-artifact
         path: ${{matrix.build_type}}.tar.gz