group updates to public branch

Author: lj020326

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -69,13 +69,17 @@ jobs:
           path: "${{ github.repository }}"
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: Download Packer
+      - name: "Download Packer"
         run: |
           PACKER_LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/packer | jq -r -M '.current_version')
           curl -s "https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_LATEST_VERSION}/packer_${PACKER_LATEST_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip" --output /tmp/packer_linux_amd64.zip
           sudo unzip -o /tmp/packer_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
 
-      - name: "Validate Packer templates"
+      - name: "Run packer init"
+        working-directory: "${{ github.repository }}/templates"
+        run: packer init ${{ matrix.template.build_distribution_config_dir }}/
+
+      - name: "Run packer validate"
         working-directory: "${{ github.repository }}/templates"
         run: |
             packer validate \