ci: run lint before build steps - #313
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`just lint` runs cargo hyperlight clippy, cargo clippy --all-targets and lint-js, none of which need artifacts from the preceding build steps, so nothing was gained by running it after them. clippy executes build.rs, which builds and links the guest, so lint-first also catches guest toolchain and link failures. This is not theoretical: during PR #308 a macOS llvm-ar failure surfaced only in the Build step, many minutes in, when lint-first would have caught it. clippy and cargo build have separate fingerprints, so the reorder does not duplicate compilation work. Net effect: cheap, fast-failing checks run before expensive ones, which shortens the feedback loop on a matrix of 10+ jobs, several of which run on scarce self-hosted runners. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Simon Davies <simongdavies@users.noreply.github.com>
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Moves the
lintstep in.github/workflows/dep_build.ymlso it runs before the two build steps.Step order in the
buildjob goes from:to:
Why
just lintrunscargo hyperlight clippy -p hyperlight-js-runtime,cargo clippy --all-targets, andlint-js(eslint, which does its own npm install). None of those need build artifacts from the preceding steps, so nothing was gained by running lint later.build.rs, which builds and links the guest, so lint-first also catches guest toolchain and link failures. This is not theoretical: during Add macOS (hvf) and aarch64 support #308 a macOSllvm-arfailure surfaced only in the Build step, many minutes in, when lint-first would have caught it.cargo buildhave separate fingerprints, so reordering them does not duplicate compilation work.Scope
Ordering only. The diff is 3 insertions / 3 deletions; parsing the workflow before and after yields an identical set of steps in a different order.
fail-fastand the macOS-only steps from #308 (Set up LLVM guest toolchain,Sign node for Hypervisor.framework) are untouched.Part of stack #311. Base is
simongdavies-npm-linux-arm64-packaging(#310).