Fix DtypeError message for reference validation #2022

	name: Run HDMF-Zarr tests
	on:
	pull_request:
	schedule:
	- cron: '0 5 * * *' # once per day at midnight ET
	workflow_dispatch:

	jobs:
	run-hdmf-zarr-tests:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	concurrency:
	group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
	cancel-in-progress: true
	steps:
	- name: Checkout repo with submodules
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	submodules: 'recursive'
	fetch-depth: 0 # tags are required to determine the version

	- name: Set up Python
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: '3.10' # use 3.10 until hdmf-zarr updates versioneer.py which breaks on newer python

	- name: Update pip
	run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip

	- name: Clone HDMF-Zarr and install dev branch of HDMF
	run: \|
	python -m pip list
	git clone https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf-zarr.git --recurse-submodules
	cd hdmf-zarr
	python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt # do not install the pinned install requirements
	python -m pip install . # this will install a different version of hdmf from the current one
	cd ..
	python -m pip uninstall -y hdmf # uninstall the other version of hdmf
	python -m pip install . # reinstall current branch of hdmf
	python -m pip list

	- name: Run HDMF-Zarr tests on HDMF-Zarr dev branch
	run: \|
	cd hdmf-zarr
	pytest

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