wip: Test layering

Author: euanh

.github/workflows/interop_tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Interop tests
+
+on:
+    workflow_call:
+#        inputs:
+#            example:
+#                required: true
+#                type: string
+
+jobs:
+    layering-test:
+        name: Layering test
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        services:
+            registry:
+                image: registry:2
+                ports:
+                    - 5000:5000
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+              with:
+                  persist-credentials: false
+
+            - name: Mark the workspace as safe
+              # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+              run: git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+
+            # First layer: payload does not have to be an executable, it just has to have known contents
+            - name: Build first layer
+              run: |
+                  echo first > payload
+                  swift run containertool --repository localhost:5000/layering_test payload
+                  docker run --pull=always --rm --entrypoint=cat localhost:5000/layering_test payload | grep first
+
+            # Second layer: payload does not have to be an executable, it just has to have known contents.   It should replace the first layer.
+            - name: Build another layer, which should override 'payload' from the first layer
+              run: |
+                  echo second > payload
+                  swift run containertool --repository localhost:5000/layering_test payload --from localhost:5000/layering_test:latest
+                  docker run --pull=always --rm --entrypoint=cat localhost:5000/layering_test payload | grep second

.github/workflows/pull_request.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
             license_header_check_project_name: "SwiftContainerPlugin"
             shell_check_container_image: "swift:6.0-noble"
 
+    # Unit tests for functions and modules
     unit-tests:
         name: Unit tests
         uses: apple/swift-nio/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml@main
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             linux_nightly_6_1_arguments_override: "--skip SmokeTests"
             linux_nightly_main_arguments_override: "--skip SmokeTests"
 
+    # Test functions and modules against an separate registry
     integration-tests:
         name: Integration tests
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -51,6 +53,12 @@ jobs:
               run: |
                   swift test
 
+    # Test that outputs can be handled properly by other systems
+    interop-tests:
+        name: Interop tests
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/interop_tests.yml
+
+    # Full build-package-deploy-run cycles
     endtoend-tests:
         name: End to end tests
         uses: ./.github/workflows/endtoend_tests.yml