feat: add workflow for promoting master to production with testing and deployment steps

.gitea/workflows/promote-master.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ on:
         description: "Run Playwright E2E gate"
         required: true
         default: "true"
+      skip_tests:
+        description: "Skip the entire tests stage"
+        required: true
+        default: "false"
       deploy:
         description: "Run production deploy over SSH"
         required: true
@@ -96,31 +100,36 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 120
     needs: prepare
     steps:
+      - name: Skip tests stage
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests == 'true' }}
+        run: echo "Skipping tests stage because skip_tests=true"
+
       - name: Check out promoted ref
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.target_ref }}
 
       - name: Set up Python for backend tests
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && (github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false') }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
       - name: Install backend dependencies (runner python)
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' }}
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
 
       - name: Run backend unit tests
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_backend_tests != 'false' }}
         run: |
           cd backend
           pytest -q
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && (github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false') }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "20.19.0"
@@ -128,29 +137,29 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
 
       - name: Install frontend dependencies
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && (github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false') }}
         run: npm ci
         working-directory: frontend
 
       - name: Run frontend unit tests
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_frontend_tests != 'false' }}
         run: npm run test:unit --if-present
         working-directory: frontend
 
       - name: Create backend venv for Playwright webServer
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
         run: |
           python -m venv backend/.venv
           backend/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           backend/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r backend/requirements.txt
 
       - name: Install Playwright browsers
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
         run: npx playwright install --with-deps
         working-directory: frontend
 
       - name: Run Playwright tests
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_tests != 'true' && github.event.inputs.run_playwright_tests != 'false' }}
         run: npx playwright test --reporter=line
         working-directory: frontend
         env: