refactor

Signed-off-by: Andreas Heinrich <andreas.heinrich@rwth-aachen.de>

.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml

@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ on:
         description: 'The token to use to deploy the coverage report'
         required: true
 
-env:
-  EVEREST_CI_VERSION: v1.3.1
-
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint Repository
@@ -193,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: everest/everest-ci
-          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_reusable_workflow }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_everest_ci }}
           path: everest-ci
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -211,9 +208,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Setup Environment
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
     outputs:
-      everest_ci_version: ${{ env.EVEREST_CI_VERSION }}
       workflow_path: ${{ steps.set_workflow_path.outputs.workflow_path }}
-      sha_reusable_workflow: ${{ steps.set_sha_reusable_workflow.outputs.sha }}
+      sha_everest_ci: ${{ steps.set_sha_everest_ci.outputs.sha }}
+      tag_everest_ci: ${{ steps.set_tag_everest_ci.outputs.latest_tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Determine workflow_path
         id: set_workflow_path
@@ -225,11 +222,32 @@ jobs:
               f.write(f"workflow_path={workflow_path}\n")
           print(f"Set output workflow_path to {workflow_path}")
       - name: Determine SHA of the reusable workflow
-        id: set_sha_reusable_workflow
+        id: set_sha_everest_ci
         uses: canonical/get-workflow-version-action@v1.0.0
         with:
           repository-name:  everest/everest-ci
           file-name: continuous_integration.yml
+      - name: Determine latest tag of everest-ci
+        id: set_tag_everest_ci
+        run: |
+          TARGET_SHA="${{ steps.set_sha_everest_ci.outputs.sha }}"
+          OWNER="everest"
+          REPO="everest-ci"
+
+          COMMITS=$(gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO/commits?sha=$TARGET_SHA\&per_page=100 --jq '.[].sha')
+          for COMMIT in $COMMITS; do
+            TAG=$(gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO/tags --jq '.[] | select(.commit.sha == "'$COMMIT'") | .name')
+            if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+              break
+            fi
+          done
+
+          if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+            echo "No tag found for commit $TARGET_SHA (only last 100 commits were checked)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "latest_tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   
   build-and-push-build-kit:
     name: Build and Push Build Kit
@@ -253,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
         ${{ inputs.build_kit_scripts_directory }}
         ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.workflow_path }}
       build_args: |
-        BASE_IMAGE_TAG=${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.everest_ci_version }}
+        BASE_IMAGE_TAG=${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.tag_everest_ci }}
   
   build:
     name: Build, Unit Tests and Install
@@ -268,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: everest/everest-ci
-          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_reusable_workflow }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_everest_ci }}
           path: everest-ci
       - name: Format branch name for cache key
         if: ${{ inputs.use_build_cache == 'true' }}
@@ -467,7 +485,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: everest/everest-ci
-          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_reusable_workflow }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.setup-env.outputs.sha_everest_ci }}
           path: everest-ci
       - name: Download xml coverage report
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.2