Track flutter version in a file

.github/actions/load-json/action.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Load JSON
+description: Loads JSON data from a file.
+
+inputs:
+  path:
+    required: true
+    description: "Path to the JSON file"
+
+outputs:
+  data:
+    description: "Loaded data. Can be accessed like a Github matrix."
+    value: ${{ fromJson(steps.load.outputs.data) }}
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Load JSON
+      id: load
+      shell: bash
+      run : |
+        # Load JSON from ${{ inputs.path }}
+        set -eu
+        data=$(cat '${{ inputs.path }}')
+
+        # Remove endlines
+        data="${data//[$'\r\n']}"
+
+        # Store result (must be in a single line)
+        echo "versions='$data'" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

.github/workflows/qa-azure.yaml

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ on:
 env:
   az_name: wsl-ci-3
   az_resource_group: wsl
-  flutter-version: 3.13.x
 
 jobs:
   build-wsl-pro-service:
@@ -43,10 +42,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: go.work
+      - name: Load flutter version
+        id: load
+        uses: ./.github/actions/load-json
+        with:
+          path: tools/versions.json
       - uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
         with:
           channel: stable
-          flutter-version: ${{ env.flutter-version }}
+          flutter-version: ${{ steps.load.outputs.data.flutter-version }}
       - name: Setup MSBuild (PATH)
         uses: microsoft/[email protected]
       - name: Install certificate
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Uninstall Appx
           Get-AppxPackage -Name "CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuProForWindows" | Remove-AppxPackage -ErrorAction Ignore
-          
+
           # Uninstall certificate
           $thumbprint = (Get-PfxCertificate -FilePath "ci-artifacts\windows-agent\UbuntuProForWindows_*.cer").Thumbprint
           Remove-Item -Path "Cert:LocalMachine\TrustedPeople\${thumbprint}"

.github/workflows/qa.yaml

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: QA-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-env:
-  flutter-version: 3.13.x
-
 jobs:
   quality-go:
     name: "Go Quality checks"
@@ -118,10 +115,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: windows-agent/go.mod
+      - name: Load flutter version
+        id: load
+        uses: ./.github/actions/load-json
+        with:
+          path: tools/versions.json
       - name: Flutter QA
         uses: ./.github/actions/flutter-qa/
         with:
-          flutter-version: ${{ env.flutter-version }}
+          flutter-version: ${{ steps.load.outputs.data.flutter-version }}
           package-dir: '${{ matrix.package }}'
           run-build-runner: ${{ contains(matrix.package, 'ubuntupro') }}
       - uses: ./.github/actions/check-diff
@@ -151,10 +153,15 @@ jobs:
           sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config libgtk-3-dev liblzma-dev unzip xvfb
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Load flutter version
+        id: load
+        uses: ./.github/actions/load-json
+        with:
+          path: tools/versions.json
       - name: Flutter QA
         uses: ./.github/actions/flutter-integration-test/
         with:
-          flutter-version: ${{ env.flutter-version }}
+          flutter-version: ${{ steps.load.outputs.data.flutter-version }}
           go-version-file: windows-agent/go.mod
           # Only the app entry point is expected to have integration tests
           package-dir: 'gui/packages/ubuntupro'

tools/versions.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "doc": "This doument is used by the CI to track versions that cannot be tracked by Go.",
+    "flutter-version": "3.13.x"
+}