no need to build cli for python tests

Author: ss2165

.github/workflows/ci-py.yml

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ on:
 
 env:
   SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
-  HUGR_BIN_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/target/debug
-  HUGR_BIN: ${{ github.workspace }}/target/debug/hugr
   # Pinned version for the uv package manager
   UV_VERSION: "0.9.5"
   UV_FROZEN: 1
@@ -68,30 +66,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint with ruff
         run: uv run ruff check
 
-  build_binary:
-    needs: changes
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true' }}
-
-    name: Build HUGR binary
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: "true"
-      RUSTC_WRAPPER: "sccache"
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - uses: mozilla-actions/[email protected]
-      - name: Install stable toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-      - name: Build HUGR binary
-        run: cargo build -p hugr-cli
-      - name: Upload the binary to the artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
-        with:
-          name: hugr_binary
-          path: target/debug/hugr
   test:
-    needs: [changes, build_binary]
+    needs: [changes]
     if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.python == 'true' }}
     name: test python ${{ matrix.python-version.py }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -110,12 +86,6 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ env.UV_VERSION }}
           enable-cache: true
 
-      - name: Download the hugr binary
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: hugr_binary
-          path: ${{env.HUGR_BIN_DIR}}
-
       - name: Setup dependencies
         run: uv sync --python ${{ matrix.python-version.py }}
 
@@ -125,13 +95,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         if: github.event_name == 'merge_group' || !matrix.python-version.coverage
         run: |
-          chmod +x $HUGR_BIN
           HUGR_RENDER_DOT=1 uv run pytest
 
       - name: Run python tests with coverage instrumentation
         if: github.event_name != 'merge_group' && matrix.python-version.coverage
         run: |
-          chmod +x $HUGR_BIN
           HUGR_RENDER_DOT=1 uv run pytest --cov=./ --cov-report=xml
 
       - name: Upload python coverage to codecov.io

hugr-py/tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
-import pathlib
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar
@@ -147,13 +146,6 @@ def __call__(self, q: ComWire, fl_wire: ComWire) -> Command:
 Rz = RzDef()
 
 
-def _base_command() -> list[str]:
-    workspace_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
-    # use the HUGR_BIN environment variable if set, otherwise use the debug build
-    bin_loc = os.environ.get("HUGR_BIN", str(workspace_dir / "target/debug/hugr"))
-    return [bin_loc]
-
-
 def validate(
     h: Hugr | Package,
     *,

justfile

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ test-rust *TEST_ARGS: _check_nextest_installed
 # Run all python tests.
 test-python *TEST_ARGS:
     uv run maturin develop --uv
-    cargo build -p hugr-cli
     HUGR_RENDER_DOT=1 uv run pytest {{TEST_ARGS}}
 
 # Run all the benchmarks.