fix: improve flaky CI runs (#215)

* move saving of previous benchmarks results further in the workflow files so that there is a smaller window when other action might push new changes

Author: ktrz

.github/workflows/ci-results-repo.yml

@@ -13,23 +13,25 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - name: Save previous data.js
-        run: |
-          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
       - run: rustup toolchain update nightly && rustup default nightly
       - name: Run benchmark
         run: cd examples/rust && cargo +nightly bench | tee output.txt
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
+      - name: Save previous data.js
+        run: |
+          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -46,11 +48,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
@@ -60,11 +57,18 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "stable"
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
+      - name: Run benchmark
+        run: cd examples/go && go test -bench 'BenchmarkFib' | tee output.txt
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - name: Save previous data.js
         run: |
           cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
-      - name: Run benchmark
-        run: cd examples/go && go test -bench 'BenchmarkFib' | tee output.txt
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -81,22 +85,24 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
+      - name: Run benchmark
+        run: cd examples/benchmarkjs && npm install && node bench.js | tee output.txt
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - name: Save previous data.js
         run: |
           cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
-      - name: Run benchmark
-        run: cd examples/benchmarkjs && npm install && node bench.js | tee output.txt
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -113,11 +119,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
@@ -127,14 +128,21 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.9
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - name: Save previous data.js
-        run: |
-          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
       - name: Run benchmark
         run: |
           cd examples/pytest
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pytest bench.py --benchmark-json output.json
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
+      - name: Save previous data.js
+        run: |
+          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -151,20 +159,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - name: Save previous data.js
-        run: |
-          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
       - name: Cache Benchmark library
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd examples/cpp
           make json
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
+      - name: Save previous data.js
+        run: |
+          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -190,27 +200,29 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - name: Save previous data.js
-        run: |
-          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
       - name: Run benchmark
         run: |
           cd examples/catch2
           mkdir build && cd build
           cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
           cmake --build . --config Release
           ./Catch2_bench > ../benchmark_result.txt
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
+      - name: Save previous data.js
+        run: |
+          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -227,20 +239,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
-      - name: Save previous data.js
-        run: |
-          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v1
         with:
           version: '1'
@@ -252,6 +256,16 @@ jobs:
             using Pkg;
             Pkg.instantiate();
             include("fib.jl")'
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
+      - name: Save previous data.js
+        run: |
+          cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -268,11 +282,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
         with:
           dotnet-version: '6.0.101'  # SDK Version to use. keep in line with examples/benchmarkdotnet/global.json
@@ -282,11 +291,18 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
+      - name: Run benchmark
+        run: cd examples/benchmarkdotnet && dotnet run --exporters json --filter '*'
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
+          ref: 'gh-pages'
+          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - name: Save previous data.js
         run: |
           cp ./dist/other-repo/dev/bench/data.js before_data.js
-      - name: Run benchmark
-        run: cd examples/benchmarkdotnet && dotnet run --exporters json --filter '*'
+
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: ./
         with:
@@ -303,11 +319,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark-results
-          ref: 'gh-pages'
-          path: 'dist/other-repo'
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20