added logic to manually trigger a workflow via the GitHub… (develop) (#…

…2109)

Co-authored-by: John Halley Gotway <johnhg@ucar.edu>

.github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh

@@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ elif [ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "push" ]; then
     fi
 
   fi
-
+
+elif [ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+
+    if [ "${force_tests}" == "true" ]; then
+        run_diff=true
+    fi
+
 fi
 
 # if updating truth or running diff, run unit tests

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'met/docs/**'
 
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force_tests:
+        description: 'Run the unit tests'
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+
 env:
   DOCKERHUB_REPO: dtcenter/met-dev
 
@@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: .github/jobs/set_job_controls.sh
         env:
           commit_msg: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+          force_tests: ${{ github.event.inputs.force_tests }}
 
     outputs:
       run_compile: ${{ steps.job_status.outputs.run_compile }}