fix(ci): Remove chaining dependancy

.github/workflows/tagged_ci.yml → .github/workflows/merged_ci.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,59 @@
-# Workflow that runs on new SemVer tags on the default branch
+# Workflow that runs on closed PRs to the default branch
 
-name: Default Branch SemVer Tagged CI (Python)
+name: Default Branch PR Merged CI (Python)
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags: ['v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+']
-    paths-ignore: ['README.md']
+  pull_request:
+    types: ["closed"]
+    branches: ["main"]
 
 # Specify concurrency such that only one workflow can run at a time
 # * Different workflow files are not affected
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
-# Registry for storing Container images
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
 
 jobs:
 
+  # Define an autotagger job that creates tags on changes to master
+  # Use #major #minor in merge commit messages to bump version beyond patch
+  bump-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: |
+      github.event_name == 'pull_request' && 
+      github.event.action == 'closed' && 
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Bump version and push tag
+        uses: anothrNick/[email protected]
+        id: tag
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          RELEASE_BRANCHES: main
+          WITH_V: true
+          DEFAULT_BUMP: patch
+          GIT_API_TAGGING: false
+
   # Job for building container image
   # * Builds and pushes an OCI Container image to the registry defined in the environment variables
   build-container:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: bump-tag
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -54,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
-          tags: type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+          tags: type=semver,pattern={{version}},value=${{ needs.bump-tag.outputs.tag }}
 
       # Build and push the Container image to the registry
       # * Creates a multiplatform-aware image
@@ -71,10 +100,10 @@ jobs:
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:buildcache
           cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:buildcache,mode=max
 
-
   # Job to build and publish the package on PyPi as a wheel
   build-wheel:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: bump-tag
 
     steps:
       # Do a non-shallow clone of the repo to ensure tags are present