GitHub Action Package for Automating Python-Package Dependency Management
This GitHub Action creates 1+ dependencies*.log-type file(s) for documenting dependency versions (ex: dependencies.log, dependencies-dev.log, dependencies-from-Dockerfile.log, etc.). These files are similar to requirements*.txt-type files, with the distinct difference that dependencies*.log-type files are not intended to be the source of truth, but rather, a reflection of the tested environment(s). If dependency-version pinning is wanted, it should be done by the user in the setup.cfg/pyproject.toml file.
The root directory's dependencies.log is overwritten/updated (by way of pip freeze + pipdeptree) along with dedicated dependencies-EXTRA.log files for each package "extra".
However, if there is a Dockerfile present at the root of the target repo, a similar process occurs but within a container built from the Dockerfile. This log file is named dependencies-from-Dockerfile.log. If there are other Dockerfiles present (ex: Dockerfile-foo), additional files are generated using the appropriate name (ex: dependencies-from-Dockerfile-foo.log).
```
#
# This file was autogenerated by WIPACrepo/wipac-dev-py-setup-action
# from `pip install .`
# using Python 3.10.
#
########################################################################
# pip freeze
########################################################################
certifi==2023.7.22
charset-normalizer==3.3.1
idna==3.4
requests==2.31.0
typing_extensions==4.8.0
urllib3==2.0.7
########################################################################
# pipdeptree
########################################################################
pip==23.2.1
pipdeptree==2.13.0
setuptools==65.5.1
wheel==0.41.2
mock-package
├── requests [required: Any, installed: 2.31.0]
│ ├── certifi [required: >=2017.4.17, installed: 2023.7.22]
│ ├── charset-normalizer [required: >=2,<4, installed: 3.3.1]
│ ├── idna [required: >=2.5,<4, installed: 3.4]
│ └── urllib3 [required: >=1.21.1,<3, installed: 2.0.7]
└── typing-extensions [required: Any, installed: 4.8.0]
```