Release Version 1.12.2b1 · LLNL/merlin

[1.12.2b1]

Conflict handler option to the dict_deep_merge function in utils.py
Ability to add module-specific pytest fixtures
Added fixtures specifically for testing status functionality
Added tests for reading and writing status files, and status conflict handling
Added tests for the dict_deep_merge function
Pytest-mock as a dependency for the test suite (necessary for using mocks and fixtures in the same test)
New github action test to make sure target branch has been merged into the source first, so we know histories are ok
Check in the status commands to make sure we're not pulling statuses from nested workspaces
Added setuptools as a requirement for python 3.12 to recognize the pkg_resources library
Patch to celery results backend to stop ChordErrors being raised and breaking workflows when a single task fails
New step return code $(MERLIN_RAISE_ERROR) to force an error to be raised by a task (mainly for testing)
- Added description of this to docs
New test to ensure a single failed task won't break a workflow

merlin info is cleaner and gives python package info
merlin version now prints with every banner message
Applying filters for merlin detailed-status will now log debug statements instead of warnings
Modified the unit tests for the merlin status command to use pytest rather than unittest
Added fixtures for merlin status tests that copy the workspace to a temporary directory so you can see exactly what's run in a test
Batch block and workers now allow for variables to be used in node settings
Task id is now the path to the directory

Bugfix for output of merlin example openfoam_wf_singularity
A bug with the CHANGELOG detection test when the target branch isn't in the ci runner history
Link to Merlin banner in readme
Issue with escape sequences in ascii art (caught by python 3.12)
Bug where Flux wasn't identifying total number of nodes on an allocation
- Not supporting Flux versions below 0.17.0