Support pre-install for unit, sanity and integration tests (#102)

* Support pre-install for unit, sanity and integration tests

* Allow the use of pre-release collections to satisfy test dependencies.

Author: tremble

.github/actions/build_install_collection/action.yml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ runs:
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.source_path }}
 
     - name: Install collection and dependencies
-      run: ansible-galaxy collection install ./${{ steps.identify.outputs.tar_file || inputs.tar_file }} -p /home/runner/collections
+      run: ansible-galaxy collection install ./${{ steps.identify.outputs.tar_file || inputs.tar_file }} --pre -p /home/runner/collections
       shell: bash
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.source_path }}
 

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: Integration tests
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      collection_pre_install:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
       cml_lab:
         default: tests/integration/labs/single.yaml
         required: false
@@ -72,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ansible-core (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
         run: python3 -m pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 
+      - name: Pre install collections dependencies first so the collection install does not
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install --pre ${{ inputs.collection_pre_install }} -p /home/runner/collections
+        if: inputs.collection_pre_install != ''
+
       - name: Read collection metadata from galaxy.yml
         id: identify
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/identify_collection@main

.github/workflows/sanity.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: Sanity tests
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      collection_pre_install:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
       matrix_exclude:
         # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
         # 2.9 supports Python 3.5-3.8
@@ -144,6 +148,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ansible-core (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
         run: python3 -m pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 
+      - name: Pre install collections dependencies first so the collection install does not
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install --pre ${{ inputs.collection_pre_install }} -p /home/runner/collections/
+        if: inputs.collection_pre_install != ''
+
       - name: Read collection metadata from galaxy.yml
         id: identify
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/identify_collection@main

.github/workflows/unit_galaxy.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: Unit tests, dependencies from galaxy
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      collection_pre_install:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
       matrix_exclude:
         # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
         # 2.9 supports Python 3.5-3.8
@@ -137,6 +141,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ansible-core (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
         run: python3 -m pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 
+      - name: Pre install collections dependencies first so the collection install does not
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install --pre ${{ inputs.collection_pre_install }} -p /home/runner/collections
+        if: inputs.collection_pre_install != ''
+
       - name: Read collection metadata from galaxy.yml
         id: identify
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/identify_collection@main

.github/workflows/unit_source.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       collection_pre_install:
-        required: true
+        required: false
         type: string
+        default: ""
       matrix_exclude:
         # https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
         # 2.12 supports Python 3.8-3.10
@@ -86,16 +87,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install ansible-core (${{ matrix.ansible-version }})
         run: python3 -m pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible-version }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 
+      - name: Pre install collections dependencies first so the collection install does not
+        run: ansible-galaxy collection install --pre ${{ inputs.collection_pre_install }} -p /home/runner/collections
+        if: inputs.collection_pre_install != ''
+
       - name: Read collection metadata from galaxy.yml
         id: identify
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/identify_collection@main
         with:
           source_path: ${{ env.source_directory }}
 
-      - name: Pre install collections dependencies first so the collection install does not
-        run: ansible-galaxy collection install --pre ${{ inputs.collection_pre_install }} -p /home/runner/collections
-        if: inputs.collection_pre_install != ''
-
       - name: Build and install the collection
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
         with: