fix: CI alpine tests in a separate job

Author: Chemaclass

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - alpine-latest
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
         include:
@@ -24,18 +23,21 @@ jobs:
             script_name: 'make test'
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             script_name: 'make test'
-          - os: alpine-latest
-            script_name: 'make test'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Install dependencies on Alpine
-        if: matrix.os == 'alpine-latest'
-        run: |
-          apk add bash make shellcheck git curl perl
-
       - name: Run Tests
         run: ${{ matrix.script_name }}
+
+  alpine:
+    name: "Run tests on alpine-latest"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: make test/alpine

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SHELL=/bin/bash
 STATIC_ANALYSIS_CHECKER := $(shell which shellcheck 2> /dev/null)
 LINTER_CHECKER := $(shell which ec 2> /dev/null)
 GIT_DIR = $(shell git rev-parse --git-dir 2> /dev/null)
-BASHUNIT_ALPINE_TEST_VERSION_DEFAULT:=3.20
 
 OS:=
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
@@ -36,10 +35,6 @@ else
 	endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BASHUNIT_ALPINE_TEST_VERSION),)
-	BASHUNIT_ALPINE_TEST_VERSION:=$(BASHUNIT_ALPINE_TEST_VERSION_DEFAULT)
-endif
-
 help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Usage: make [command]"
@@ -48,6 +43,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  test                     Run the tests"
 	@echo "  test/list                List all tests under the tests directory"
 	@echo "  test/watch               Automatically run tests every second"
+	@echo "  test/alpine              Run the tests in a Linux/Alpine:latest image"
 	@echo "  env/example              Copy variables without the values from .env into .env.example"
 	@echo "  pre_commit/install       Install the pre-commit hook"
 	@echo "  pre_commit/run           Function that will be called when the pre-commit hook runs"
@@ -72,15 +68,11 @@ test/watch: $(TEST_SCRIPTS)
 	@./bashunit $(TEST_SCRIPTS)
 	@fswatch -m poll_monitor -or $(SRC_SCRIPTS_DIR) $(TEST_SCRIPTS_DIR) .env Makefile | xargs -n1 ./bashunit $(TEST_SCRIPTS)
 
-test-alpine:
-	@# Run tests for Alpine in a container with only the very basic dependencies. Bashunit should work for the base
-	@# Alpine installation.
-	docker run -v $$(pwd):/working --rm alpine:${BASHUNIT_ALPINE_TEST_VERSION} /bin/sh -c " \
-		apk update &&\
-		apk add bash make shellcheck git curl perl &&\
-		adduser -D builder &&\
-		chown -R builder /working && \
-		su - builder -c 'cd /working; make test';"
+test/alpine:
+	@# Run tests for Alpine in a container with only the very basic dependencies
+	@docker run --rm -it -v "$(shell pwd)":/project -w /project alpine:latest \
+		sh -c "apk add --no-cache bash make shellcheck git curl perl && \
+		bash ./bashunit tests"
 
 env/example:
 	@echo "Copying variables without the values from .env into .env.example"