Refactor workflows to support testing before deployment, and testing on Windows and MacOS.

.github/actions/test/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name:
+  Test
+
+description:
+  Run pytest, and run the doctest runner (shapefile.py as a script).
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    # The Repo is required to already be checked out, e.g. by the calling workflow
+
+    # The Python to be tested with is required to already be setup, with "python" and "pip" on the system Path
+
+    - name: Doctests
+      shell: bash
+      run: python shapefile.py
+
+    - name: Install test dependencies.
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.test.txt
+
+    - name: Pytest
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pytest
+
+    - name: Show versions for logs.
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python --version
+        python -m pytest --version

.github/workflows/cross_platform_tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# This workflow will run the tests on a variety of operating systems and architectures.
+
+name: Run tests on low availability Github hosted runners
+
+on:
+  # Optionally run only, until the availability of the required Github hosted
+  # runners does not slow down CI.
+  workflow_call:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+   run_tests:
+    if: github.repository == 'GeospatialPython/pyshp'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [
+          "3.12",
+        ]
+        os: [
+          # "macos-12",
+          "ubuntu-24.04",
+          # "windows-2022",
+        ]
+
+    runs-on: matrix.os
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python_version }}
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      uses: ./.github/actions/test

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -13,23 +13,47 @@ on:
     types: [published]
 
 jobs:
-  deploy:
+  test:
 
+    # In general, tests should be run after building a distribution, to test that distribution.
+    # However as long as PyShp is a pure Python library, with pure Python deps (or no deps)
+    # then this would only test the packaging process, not so much the code as there are
+    # no binaries.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
+
+    - name: Run tests and hooks
+      uses: ./.github/workflows/run_tests_and_hooks.yml
+
+  deploy:
+    # Prevent deployment of releases that fail any hooks (e.g. linting) or that fail any tests.
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+
+
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install build
     - name: Build package
       run: python -m build
+
     - name: Publish package
+      if: github.repository == 'GeospatialPython/pyshp'
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29
       with:
         user: __token__

.github/workflows/build.yml → .github/workflows/run_tests_and_hooks.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
-# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+# This workflow will run the pre-commit hooks (including linters), and the tests with a variety of Python versions
 
-name: build
+name: Run pre-commit hooks and tests
 
 on:
   push:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+  workflow_call:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
     - uses: pre-commit/[email protected]
-  test:
 
+  run_tests_in_containers:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -40,14 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install pytest
-        if [ -f requirements.test.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.test.txt; fi
-    - name: Test with doctest
-      run: |
-        python shapefile.py
-    - name: Test with pytest
-      run: |
-        pytest
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      uses: ./.github/actions/test
+