refactor: separate actions in substructure, run as bash script

checkout_repositories/action.yml

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+name: "BEC Plugin Repository Checkout"
+description: "Install and test a BEC plugin repository"
+inputs:
+  PLUGIN_REPO_NAME:
+    description: "URL of the BEC Plugin Repository to install"
+    required: true
+    default: ""
+  BEC_PLUGIN_REPO_BRANCH:
+    description: "Branch of the BEC Plugin Repository to install"
+    required: false
+    default: "main"
+  BEC_CORE_BRANCH:
+    description: "Branch of BEC Core to install"
+    required: false
+    default: "main"
+  BEC_WIDGETS_BRANCH:
+    description: "Branch of BEC Widgets to install"
+    required: false
+    default: "main"
+  OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH:
+    description: "Branch of Ophyd Devices to install"
+    required: false
+    default: "main"
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Checkout BEC Plugin Repository
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        chmod +x run_ci.sh
+        ./run_ci.sh "${{ inputs.BEC_PLUGIN_REPO_URL }}" \
+                    "${{ inputs.BEC_PLUGIN_REPO_BRANCH }}" \
+                    "${{ inputs.BEC_CORE_BRANCH }}" \ 
+                    "${{ inputs.BEC_WIDGETS_BRANCH }}" \
+                    "${{ inputs.OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH }}"

checkout_repositories/run_ci.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PLUGIN_REPO_NAME="https://gitea.psi.ch/bec/$1.git"
+PLUGIN_BRANCH="$2"
+CORE_BRANCH="$3"
+WIDGETS_BRANCH="$4"
+OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH="$5"
+
+echo "--- Repository checkouts begin ---"
+
+# --- Step 1: Checkout Plugin ---
+echo "=== Checkout BEC Plugin ==="
+mkdir -p ./_plugin_checkout_/
+cd ./_plugin_checkout_/
+if git clone --depth 1 --branch "$PLUGIN_BRANCH" "$PLUGIN_URL" plugin_repo; then
+    echo "Plugin checkout successful"
+else
+    echo "Plugin checkout failed, trying default branch"
+    git clone --depth 1 "$PLUGIN_URL" plugin_repo
+fi
+cd ..
+
+# --- Step 2: Checkout Core ---
+echo "=== Checkout BEC Core ==="
+mkdir -p ./_bec_checkout_/
+cd ./_bec_checkout_/
+if git clone --depth 1 --branch "$CORE_BRANCH" https://github.com/bec-project/bec.git bec_core; then
+    echo "Core checkout successful"
+else
+    echo "Core checkout failed, trying default branch"
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bec-project/bec.git bec_core
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+# --- Step 3: Checkout Widgets ---
+echo "=== Checkout BEC Widgets ==="
+mkdir -p ./_bec_widgets_checkout_/
+cd ./_bec_widgets_checkout_/
+if git clone --depth 1 --branch "$WIDGETS_BRANCH" https://github.com/bec-project/bec-widgets.git bec_widgets; then
+    echo "Widgets checkout successful"
+else
+    echo "Widgets checkout failed, trying default branch"
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bec-project/bec-widgets.git bec_widgets  
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+# --- Step 4: Checkout Ophyd Devices ---
+echo "=== Checkout Ophyd Devices ==="
+mkdir -p ./_ophyd_devices_checkout_/
+cd ./_ophyd_devices_checkout_/
+if git clone --depth 1 --branch "$OPHYD_DEVICES_BRANCH" https://github.com/bec-project/bec-ophyd-devices.git bec_ophyd_devices; then
+    echo "Ophyd Devices checkout successful"
+else
+    echo "Ophyd Devices checkout failed, trying default branch"
+    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bec-project/bec-ophyd-devices.git bec_ophyd_devices
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+echo "--- All checkouts complete ---"