Merge pull request #753 from carstingaxion/fix/playground-preview-run…

…-build-on-pr-opening

Make sure the build step runs at least once, when the PR is opened.

.github/workflows/playground-preview.yml

@@ -25,32 +25,37 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
 
-  check-changes:
-    name: Check for changes in /src/ directory
+  needs-build:
+    name: Check if the pull request was just opened or if PR has changes in /src/ directory
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      src_changed: ${{ steps.src_changed.outputs.src_changed }}
+      run_build: ${{ steps.set-run-build.outputs.run_build }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Check if /src/ directory has changed
-        id: src_changed
+      - name: Set run_build for initial PR or /src/ changes
+        id: set-run-build
         run: |
-          # Check if there are changes in the /src/ directory between the base and head refs
-          if git diff --name-only ${{ github.base_ref }} ${{ github.head_ref }} | grep -q '^src/'; then
-            echo "src_changed=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "::set-output name=src_changed::true"
+          # Check if the pull request was just opened
+          if [ "${{ github.event.action }}" == "opened" ]; then
+            echo "run_build=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "::set-output name=run_build::true"
+          # Check if there are changes in the /src/ directory
+          elif git diff --name-only ${{ github.base_ref }} ${{ github.head_ref }} | grep -q '^src/'; then
+            echo "run_build=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "::set-output name=run_build::true"
           else
-            echo "src_changed=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "::set-output name=src_changed::false"
+            echo "run_build=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "::set-output name=run_build::false"
           fi
 
+
   zip:
     name: Build GatherPress plugin & upload as zipped artifact
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: check-changes
-    if: needs.check-changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true'  # Only run this job if there are changes in /src/
+    needs: needs-build
+    if: needs.needs-build.outputs.run_build == 'true'  # Only run this job if if the pull request was just opened or there are changes in /src/
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
 
   comment:
     name: Comment with playground link
-    needs: [zip, check-changes]  # Ensure this runs after the zip and check-changes jobs
+    needs: [zip, needs-build]  # Ensure this runs after the zip and needs-build jobs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: