test to see if both scenarios work

.github/workflows/dynamic-matrix-subvalues.yml

@@ -4,18 +4,60 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  prepare:
+  prepare-1:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      repositories: ${{ steps.json22222.outputs.repositories }}
+      repositories: ${{ steps.json.outputs.repositories }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # works
       - name: Build matrix
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        id: json22222
+        id: json
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const path = require('path');
+
+            // Define the path to the JSON file
+            const filePath = path.join(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE, 'index.json');
+
+            // Read the JSON file
+            fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+              if (err) {
+                console.error('Error reading the file:', err);
+                return;
+              }
+
+              try {
+                // Parse the JSON data
+                const jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
+
+                // Log the parsed data
+                console.log('Parsed JSON data:', jsonData);
+
+                // Set the output for GitHub Actions
+                // core.setOutput('repositories', JSON.stringify(jsonData.repositories));
+                core.setOutput('repositories', JSON.stringify(jsonData));
+              } catch (parseErr) {
+                console.error('Error parsing JSON:', parseErr);
+              }
+            });
+
+  prepare-2:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      repositories: ${{ steps.json.outputs.repositories }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # works
+      - name: Build matrix
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        id: json
         with:
           script: |
             const fs = require('fs');
@@ -58,22 +100,53 @@ jobs:
       #     # Append the result to the GitHub Actions output
       #     echo "repositories=$jq_output" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: build matrix 3
-        id: json
-        run: |
-          jq -c '{repositories: .organization.repositories}' index.json
-          # Process the JSON file and extract repository names
-          jq_output=$(jq -c '{repositories: .organization.repositories}' index2.json)
+      # # works
+      # - name: build matrix 3
+      #   id: json
+      #   run: |
+      #     jq -c '{repositories: .organization.repositories}' index.json
+      #     # Process the JSON file and extract repository names
+      #     jq_output=$(jq -c '{repositories: .organization.repositories}' index2.json)
+
+      #     # Append the result to the GitHub Actions output
+      #     echo "repositories=$jq_output" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-          # Append the result to the GitHub Actions output
-          echo "repositories=$jq_output" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  run-matrix-1:
+    needs: prepare-1
+    name: ${{ matrix.repositories.name }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix: "${{ fromJson(needs.prepare-1.outputs.repositories) }}"
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 15
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "${{ toJson(matrix) }}"
+      - name: Dump matrix context
+        env:
+          MATRIX_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}
+        run: echo "$MATRIX_CONTEXT"
+      - name: create failures sometimes
+        run: | 
+          milliseconds=$(date +%s%N | cut -b1-13)
+          if (( milliseconds % 2 == 0 )); then
+              # exit 1
+              exit 0
+          fi
+      - name: upload status
+        if: always()
+        run: echo "${{ matrix.repository }}, ${{ job.status }}" > ${{ matrix.repository }}.txt
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: statuses
+          path: ${{ matrix.repository }}.txt
 
-  run-matrix:
-    needs: prepare
+  run-matrix-2:
+    needs: prepare-2
     name: ${{ matrix.repositories.name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      matrix: "${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.repositories).organization.myorg }}"
+      matrix: "${{ fromJson(needs.prepare-2.outputs.repositories).organization.myorg }}"
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 15
     steps:
@@ -99,10 +172,11 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ matrix.repository }}.txt
 
   test-output:
-    needs: prepare
+    needs: [prepare-1, prepare-2]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: echo ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.repositories }}
+      - run: echo ${{ needs.prepare-1.outputs.repositories }}
+      - run: echo ${{ needs.prepare-2.outputs.repositories }}
 
   # post:
   #   if: always()