chore: add push to main build type

closes #1305

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ env:
   IS_PR: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
   IS_WEEKLY: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }}
   IS_RELEASE: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+  IS_PUSH_TO_MAIN: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
 jobs:
   build-preflight-docker:
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ jobs:
             BUILD_TYPE="weekly"
           elif [[ "${IS_RELEASE}" == "true" ]]; then
             BUILD_TYPE="release"
+          elif [[ "${IS_PUSH_TO_MAIN}" == "true" ]]; then
+            BUILD_TYPE="push_to_main"
           else
             echo "Unknown BUILD_TYPE! Aborting"
             exit 1
@@ -303,9 +306,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: ${{ fromJSON(format('{{"include":{0}}}', needs.start-runner-linux.outputs.matrix)) }}
 
-    outputs:
-      report: ${{ steps.report.outputs.report || 'Did not run.' }}
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@ec3a7ce113134d7a93b817d10a8272cb61118579

script/actions_utils/generate_test_matrix.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 WEEKLY = "weekly"
 RELEASE = "release"
 PR = "pr"
+PUSH_TO_MAIN = "push_to_main"
 
 LINUX = "linux"
 MACOS = "macos"
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ PR_OSES = {LINUX: "ubuntu-20.04"}
 PR_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.8"]
 PR_CONF = {"os": PR_OSES, "python": PR_PYTHON_VERSIONS}
 
+PUSH_TO_MAIN_OSES = {LINUX: "ubuntu-20.04"}
+PUSH_TO_MAIN_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.8"]
+PUSH_TO_MAIN_CONF = {"os": PUSH_TO_MAIN_OSES, "python": PUSH_TO_MAIN_PYTHON_VERSIONS}
+
 WEEKLY_OSES = {
     LINUX: "ubuntu-20.04",
     MACOS: "macos-10.15",
@@ -25,14 +30,21 @@ WEEKLY_OSES = {
 WEEKLY_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.8", "3.9"]
 WEEKLY_CONF = {"os": WEEKLY_OSES, "python": WEEKLY_PYTHON_VERSIONS}
 
+# The OSes here are to indicate the OSes used for runners during release
 RELEASE_OSES = {
     LINUX: "ubuntu-20.04",
     MACOS: "macos-10.15",
 }
+# The python versions will be used to build packages during release
 RELEASE_PYTHON_VERSIONS = ["3.8", "3.9"]
 RELEASE_CONF = {"os": RELEASE_OSES, "python": RELEASE_PYTHON_VERSIONS}
 
-CONFIGURATIONS = {PR: PR_CONF, WEEKLY: WEEKLY_CONF, RELEASE: RELEASE_CONF}
+CONFIGURATIONS = {
+    PR: PR_CONF,
+    WEEKLY: WEEKLY_CONF,
+    RELEASE: RELEASE_CONF,
+    PUSH_TO_MAIN: PUSH_TO_MAIN_CONF,
+}
 
 
 def main(args):
@@ -68,7 +80,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         "--build-type",
         type=str,
         required=True,
-        choices=[WEEKLY, RELEASE, PR],
+        choices=[WEEKLY, RELEASE, PR, PUSH_TO_MAIN],
         help="The type of build for which the matrix generation is required",
     )