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Author: headius

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,24 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: mvn -ntp test --file pom.xml
 
-  snapshot:
+  version:
 
     needs: test
 
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: version
+        run: |
+          echo version=`mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout` >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  snapshot:
+
+    needs: [test, version]
+
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -46,14 +60,9 @@ jobs:
           server-id: central
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
-
-      - run: echo ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
-      - name: version
-        run: |
-          echo version=`mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout` >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Publish package
         run: mvn -ntp deploy
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
-        if: ${{ contains(steps.version.outputs.version, 'SNAPSHOT') && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.repository == 'jruby/jcodings' }}
+        if: ${{ contains('SNAPSHOT', needs.version.outputs.version) && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.repository == 'jruby/jcodings' }}