Val pipeline with JSON artifacts (replacing markdowns and PDFs)

.github/workflows/test-val-pipeline.yaml

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+---
+name: Test the validation pipeline reusable workflow
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  test-val-pipeline-aragog:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/val-pipeline.yaml
+    with:
+      target: aragog
+      report_pkg_dir: ./tests/packages/aragog

.github/workflows/val-pipeline.yaml

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+---
+name: Reusable workflow for the validation pipeline
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      cran:
+        description: 'CRAN repository'
+        required: false
+        default: 'https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest'
+        type: string
+      target:
+        description: 'Name of the target package'
+        required: true
+        default: 'buckbeak'
+        type: string
+      report_pkg_dir:
+        description: "Path to target package's root"
+        required: false
+        default: '.'
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  dependencies-matrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Create the matrix of dependencies
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout ${{ inputs.target }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - id: set-matrix
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo 'matrix<<EOF'
+            echo "$(cat ./tests/packages/${{ inputs.target }}/pkgs_cran.json)"
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  val-pipeline-dependencies:
+    needs: dependencies-matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Validation outputs for dependencies
+    container:
+      image: rocker/verse:4.1.2
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GITHUB_ACTION_PATH: .
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 2
+      matrix:
+        dependency: ${{ fromJson(needs.dependencies-matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set R options
+        run: |
+            echo 'options(
+                repos = "${{ inputs.cran }}", Ncpus = 2, crayon.enabled = TRUE
+              )' >> ~/.Rprofile
+
+      - name: Set up R library
+        run: |
+            mkdir -p ./R_LIBS_USER
+            echo '.libPaths("./R_LIBS_USER")' >> ~/.Rprofile
+
+      - name: Download dependency
+        run: |
+            R -q -e 'remotes_url <- "${{ inputs.cran }}/src/contrib/Archive/remotes/remotes_2.4.2.tar.gz";
+                     install.packages(remotes_url, repos = NULL, type = "source",
+                       dependencies = c("Depends", "Imports"),
+                       INSTALL_opts = c("--no-docs", "--clean", "--no-multiarch",
+                         "--no-data", "--no-help", "--no-demo")
+                     );
+                     library(remotes);
+                     archive_dep <- download_version(
+                       "${{ matrix.dependency.name }}",
+                       version = "${{ matrix.dependency.version }}",
+                       type = "source"
+                     );
+                     untar(archive_dep, exdir = "./_dep/")'
+
+      - name: Get path to dependency
+        id: get-dep-path
+        run: echo "dep-path=$(echo $PWD/_dep/${{ matrix.dependency.name }})\n" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Generate validation report for ${{ matrix.dependency.name }}
+        id: validation
+        uses: ./
+        env:
+          GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          report_pkg_dir: ${{ steps.get-dep-path.outputs.dep-path }}
+          report_output_prefix: ${{ inputs.target }}-${{ matrix.dependency.name }}-${{ matrix.dependency.version }}-validation-report
+
+      - name: Upload ${{ matrix.dependency.name }} validation report
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: success()
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.dependency.name }} validation report
+          path: ${{ steps.validation.outputs.report_output_filename }}
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  val-pipeline-target:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Validation output for target package
+    container:
+      image: rocker/verse:4.1.2
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GITHUB_ACTION_PATH: .
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 2
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Generate validation report for ${{ inputs.target }}
+        id: validation
+        uses: ./
+        env:
+          GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          report_pkg_dir: ${{ inputs.report_pkg_dir }}
+          report_output_prefix: validation_report
+
+      - name: Upload ${{ inputs.target }} validation report
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        if: success()
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.target }} validation report
+          path: ${{ steps.validation.outputs.report_output_filename }}
+          if-no-files-found: error