Run Python unit tests in GitHub action (#362)

Signed-off-by: Matthias Goerens <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/python-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Python Test
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+    # Only the precheck module currently provides unit tests
+    - 'scripts/src/precheck/*'
+
+jobs:
+  enforce:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python 3.x Part 1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: Set up Python 3.x Part 2
+      run: |
+          # set up python
+          python3 -m venv ve1
+          cd scripts
+          ../ve1/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+          ../ve1/bin/pip3 install .
+          cd ..
+    - name: Run pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest scripts/src/precheck/

release/release_info.json

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
         ".github/workflows/nightly_test.yml",
         ".github/workflows/metrics.yml",
         ".github/workflows/codeql.yml",
-        ".github/dependabot.yml"
+        ".github/dependabot.yml",
+        ".github/workflows/python-test.yml"
       ]
     },
     "stage": {
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@
         ".github/workflows/version_check.yml",
         ".github/workflows/codeql.yml",
         ".github/workflows/check-locks-on-owners-submission.yml",
-        ".github/dependabot.yml"
+        ".github/dependabot.yml",
+        ".github/workflows/python-test.yml"
       ]
     }
   }