From 00c350b261a7cf867f77893aa402aa85ddd5ed42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Jeffery <ben.jeffery@bdi.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:36:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix release action for new pip contraint

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 .github/workflows/tests.yml   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2d2bbb281e..1d6a4d6bf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
 
-on: push
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, test]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -8,14 +10,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install dependencies and set path
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install dependencies and set up venv
         run: |
-            sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build libcunit1-dev python3-pip
-            # Install meson as root so we can install to the system below.
-            sudo pip install meson
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build libcunit1-dev
+          python -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install meson
       - name: Build tarball and changelogs
         run: |
+          source venv/bin/activate
           git rm -rf c/tests/meson-subproject
           git config --global user.email "CI@CI.com"
           git config --global user.name "Mr Robot"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 1a48ada4ac..5edc1888c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         run: |
           rm -r lib
-          mkdir lib
+          mkdir--break-system-packages lib
           cp -r --dereference ../c/subprojects lib/.
           cp -r --dereference ../c/tskit lib/.
           cp ../c/tskit.h lib/.