Generate CI job matrix for PR jobs in Python

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -36,8 +36,21 @@ concurrency:
   group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ ((github.ref == 'refs/heads/try' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/try-perf') && github.sha) || github.ref }}"
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
+  calculate_matrix:
+    name: Calculate job matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      jobs: "${{ steps.jobs.outputs.jobs }}"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Calculate the CI job matrix
+        run: python3 src/ci/scripts/calculate-job-matrix.py >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: jobs
   pr:
     name: "PR - ${{ matrix.name }}"
+    needs:
+      - calculate_matrix
     env:
       PR_CI_JOB: 1
       CI_JOB_NAME: "${{ matrix.name }}"
@@ -51,20 +64,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: "${{ matrix.name == 'mingw-check-tidy' }}"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        include:
+        include: "${{ fromJSON(needs.calculate_matrix.outputs.jobs) }}"
-          - name: mingw-check
-            os: ubuntu-20.04-4core-16gb
-            env: {}
-          - name: mingw-check-tidy
-            os: ubuntu-20.04-4core-16gb
-            env: {}
-          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-17
-            env:
-              ENABLE_GCC_CODEGEN: "1"
-            os: ubuntu-20.04-16core-64gb
-          - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
-            os: ubuntu-20.04-16core-64gb
-            env: {}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: "${{ contains(matrix.os, 'windows') && 'msys2 {0}' || 'bash' }}"

src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml

@@ -340,9 +340,21 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  calculate_matrix:
+    name: Calculate job matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      jobs: ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.jobs }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Calculate the CI job matrix
+        run: python3 src/ci/scripts/calculate-job-matrix.py >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: jobs
   pr:
     <<: *base-ci-job
     name: PR - ${{ matrix.name }}
+    needs: [ calculate_matrix ]
     env:
       <<: [*shared-ci-variables, *public-variables]
       PR_CI_JOB: 1
@@ -350,20 +362,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.name == 'mingw-check-tidy' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        include:
+        include: ${{ fromJSON(needs.calculate_matrix.outputs.jobs) }}
-          - name: mingw-check
-            <<: *job-linux-4c
-
-          - name: mingw-check-tidy
-            <<: *job-linux-4c
-
-          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-17
-            env:
-              ENABLE_GCC_CODEGEN: "1"
-            <<: *job-linux-16c
-
-          - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
-            <<: *job-linux-16c
 
   auto:
     <<: *base-ci-job

src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+x--expand-yaml-anchors--remove:
+  - &base-job
+    env: { }
+
+  - &job-linux-4c
+    os: ubuntu-20.04-4core-16gb
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-linux-8c
+    os: ubuntu-20.04-8core-32gb
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-linux-16c
+    os: ubuntu-20.04-16core-64gb
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-macos-xl
+    os: macos-13 # We use the standard runner for now
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-macos-m1
+    os: macos-14
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-windows-8c
+    os: windows-2019-8core-32gb
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-windows-16c
+    os: windows-2019-16core-64gb
+    <<: *base-job
+
+  - &job-aarch64-linux
+    os: [ self-hosted, ARM64, linux ]
+
+pr:
+  - name: mingw-check
+    <<: *job-linux-4c
+  - name: mingw-check-tidy
+    <<: *job-linux-4c
+  - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-17
+    env:
+      ENABLE_GCC_CODEGEN: "1"
+    <<: *job-linux-16c
+  - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
+    <<: *job-linux-16c

src/ci/scripts/calculate-job-matrix.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+This script serves for generating a matrix of jobs that should
+be executed on CI.
+
+It reads job definitions from `src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml`
+and filters them based on the event that happened on CI.
+
+Currently, it only supports PR builds.
+"""
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+
+JOBS_YAML_PATH = Path(__file__).absolute().parent.parent / "github-actions" / "jobs.yml"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    with open(JOBS_YAML_PATH) as f:
+        jobs = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    job_output = jobs["pr"]
+    print(f"jobs={json.dumps(job_output)}")