move check-tokens to start of build for faster debugging

Author: pandinocoder

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,41 @@ env:
   VERSION_SUFFIX: -beta
 
 jobs:
+  check-tokens:
+    name: Check the access tokens used for publishing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: inputs.workflowDebug != true && inputs.packagingDebug != true && inputs.skipForumPublish != true
+    outputs:
+      publish-forum: ${{ steps.check-token-forum.token-set == 'true' }}
+      publish-github: ${{ steps.check-token-github.token-set == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - id: check-token-forum
+        name: Check the token used for publishing releases on the forum
+        env:
+          INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ env.INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN != '' }}
+        run: echo "token-set=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - id: check-token-github
+        name: Check the token used for publishing GitHub releases
+        env:
+          INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ env.INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN != '' }}
+        run: echo "token-set=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  debug-check-tokens:
+    name: Debug state of check-tokens
+    needs: [check-tokens]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: dump
+        name: Dump check-tokens output
+        env:
+          PUBLISH_FORUM: ${{ needs.check-tokens.outputs.publish-forum }}
+          PUBLISH_GITHUB: ${{ needs.check-tokens.outputs.publish-github }}
+        run: |
+          echo "PUBLISH_FORUM='$PUBLISH_FORUM'"
+          echo "PUBLISH_GITHUB='$PUBLISH_GITHUB'"
+
   generate-keys:
     name: Generate Version-Specific Network Keys
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -326,45 +361,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Debug output
         run: ls -laR .
 
-  check-tokens:
-    name: Check the access tokens used for publishing
-    needs: [build-linux, build-macos, build-windows]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: inputs.workflowDebug != true && inputs.packagingDebug != true && inputs.skipForumPublish != true
-    outputs:
-      publish-forum: ${{ steps.check-token-forum.token-set == 'true' }}
-      publish-github: ${{ steps.check-token-github.token-set == 'true' }}
-    steps:
-      - id: check-token-forum
-        name: Check the token used for publishing releases on the forum
-        env:
-          INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN }}
-        if: ${{ env.INTERSECTBOT_FORUM_TOKEN != '' }}
-        run: echo "token-set=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - id: check-token-github
-        name: Check the token used for publishing GitHub releases
-        env:
-          INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-        if: ${{ env.INTERSECTBOT_ACCESS_TOKEN != '' }}
-        run: echo "token-set=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-  debug-check-tokens:
-    name: Debug state of check-tokens
-    needs: [check-tokens]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - id: dump
-        name: Dump check-tokens output
-        env:
-          PUBLISH_FORUM: ${{ needs.check-tokens.outputs.publish-forum }}
-          PUBLISH_GITHUB: ${{ needs.check-tokens.outputs.publish-github }}
-        run: |
-          echo "PUBLISH_FORUM='$PUBLISH_FORUM'"
-          echo "PUBLISH_GITHUB='$PUBLISH_GITHUB'"
-
   publish-github:
     name: Publish GitHub Release
-    needs: [check-tokens]
+    needs: [build-linux, build-macos, build-windows, check-tokens]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: inputs.workflowDebug != true && needs.check-tokens.outputs.publish-github == 'true'
     steps: