Trying to setup builds so one select custom sasmodels and sasdata branch

Cleaned up becuse some files were comitted accidently

Updated workflow

Test workflow to see if the approach works. Not meant to be pushed to the main branch

Update test workflow

Removing test workflow

Author: wpotrzebowski

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      sasmodels_ref:
+        description: 'Branch or tag for sasmodels (default: master)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      sasdata_ref:
+        description: 'Branch or tag for sasdata (default: master)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      sasmodels_ref:
+        description: 'Branch or tag for sasmodels (default: master)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      sasdata_ref:
+        description: 'Branch or tag for sasdata (default: master)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
   pull_request:
   push:
 
@@ -37,6 +56,47 @@ jobs:
         with:
           msg: '[pre-commit.ci lite] apply automatic fixes for ruff linting errors'
 
+  set-dependency-refs:
+    needs: [ruff]
+    name: Set dependency refs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      dependency-matrix-json: ${{ steps.set-refs.outputs.dependency_matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Set dependency refs and generate matrix
+        id: set-refs
+        run: |
+          # Get refs from inputs (workflow_call or workflow_dispatch) or default to master
+          SASMODELS_REF="${{ inputs.sasmodels_ref || 'master' }}"
+          SASDATA_REF="${{ inputs.sasdata_ref || 'master' }}"
+          echo "Using sasmodels ref: $SASMODELS_REF"
+          echo "Using sasdata ref: $SASDATA_REF"
+          
+          # Generate dependency matrix as JSON using Python for proper escaping
+          python3 << 'PYTHON_SCRIPT'
+          import json
+          import os
+          
+          sasmodels_ref = os.environ.get('SASMODELS_REF', 'master')
+          sasdata_ref = os.environ.get('SASDATA_REF', 'master')
+          
+          dependency_matrix = [
+              {"name": "sasdata", "url": "https://github.com/SasView/sasdata.git", "ref": sasdata_ref},
+              {"name": "sasmodels", "url": "https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels.git", "ref": sasmodels_ref}
+          ]
+          
+          with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as f:
+              f.write(f"dependency_matrix={json.dumps(dependency_matrix)}\n")
+          PYTHON_SCRIPT
+        env:
+          SASMODELS_REF: ${{ inputs.sasmodels_ref || 'master' }}
+          SASDATA_REF: ${{ inputs.sasdata_ref || 'master' }}
+
   matrix:
     needs: [ruff]
     name: Generate test matrix
@@ -68,17 +128,13 @@ jobs:
 
 
   build-dependencies:
-    needs: [ruff]
+    needs: [ruff, set-dependency-refs]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        dependency:
-          # the ref can be a branch or a tag
-          - { name: "sasdata", url: "https://github.com/SasView/sasdata.git", ref: "master" }
-          - { name: "sasmodels",  url: "https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels.git", ref: "master" }
-          # - { name: "bumps", url: "https://github.com/bumps/bumps.git", ref: "v1.0.3" }
+        dependency: ${{ fromJson(needs.set-dependency-refs.outputs.dependency-matrix-json) }}
 
     name: Build wheel ${{ matrix.dependency.name }}