Revert "GitHub Action: Fix authorized-changes-detection"

.github/workflows/authorized-changes-detection.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+#
+# NOTE!
+#
+# Please read the README.md file in this directory that defines what should 
+# be placed in this file
+#
+##############################################################################
+##############################################################################
+
+name: Checking workflow files
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/**'   
+      - 'env.example'
+      - '.node-version'
+      - '.husky/**'
+      - 'scripts/**'
+      - 'package.json'
+      - 'tsconfig.json'
+      - '.gitignore'
+      - '.eslintrc.json'
+      - '.eslintignore '
+      - 'vite.config.ts'
+      - 'docker-compose.yaml'
+      - 'Dockerfile'      
+      - 'CODEOWNERS'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - 'setup.ts'
+
+jobs:
+  Checking-for-unauthorized-file-changes:
+    name: Checking for unauthorized file changes
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Unauthorized file modification in PR
+        run: exit 1

.github/workflows/count_changed_files.py

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+"""Script to limit number of file changes in single PR.
+
+Methodology:
+
+    Analyses the Pull request to find if the count of file changed in a pr
+    exceeds a pre-defined nummber 20
+
+    This scripts encourages contributors to align with project practices,
+    reducing the likelihood of unintentional merges into incorrect branches.
+
+NOTE:
+
+    This script complies with our python3 coding and documentation standards.
+    It complies with:
+
+        1) Pylint
+        2) Pydocstyle
+        3) Pycodestyle
+        4) Flake8
+
+"""
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+
+
+def _count_changed_files(base_branch, pr_branch):
+    """
+    Count the number of changed files between two branches.
+
+    Args:
+        base_branch (str): The base branch.
+        pr_branch (str): The PR branch.
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The number of changed files.
+
+    Raises:
+        SystemExit: If an error occurs during execution.
+    """
+    base_branch = f"origin/{base_branch}"
+    pr_branch = f"origin/{pr_branch}"
+
+    command = f"git diff --name-only {base_branch}...{pr_branch} | wc -l"
+
+    try:
+        # Run git command to get the list of changed files
+        process = subprocess.Popen(
+            command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+        )
+        output, error = process.communicate()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    file_count = int(output.strip())
+    return file_count
+
+def _arg_parser_resolver():
+    """Resolve the CLI arguments provided by the user.
+
+    Args:
+        None
+
+    Returns:
+        result: Parsed argument object
+
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--base_branch",
+        type=str,
+        required=True,
+        help="Base branch where pull request should be made."
+    ),
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pr_branch",
+        type=str,
+        required=True,
+        help="PR branch from where the pull request is made.",
+    ),
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--file_count",
+        type=int,
+        default=20,
+        help="Number of files changes allowed in a single commit")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Execute the script's main functionality.
+
+    This function serves as the entry point for the script. It performs
+    the following tasks:
+    1. Validates and retrieves the base branch and PR commit from
+       command line arguments.
+    2. Counts the number of changed files between the specified branches.
+    3. Checks if the count of changed files exceeds the acceptable
+       limit (20).
+    4. Provides informative messages based on the analysis.
+
+    Raises:
+        SystemExit: If an error occurs during execution.
+    """
+
+    args = _arg_parser_resolver()
+
+    base_branch = args.base_branch
+    pr_branch = args.pr_branch
+
+    print(f"You are trying to merge on branch: {base_branch}")
+    print(f"You are making commit from your branch: {pr_branch}")
+
+    # Count changed files
+    file_count = _count_changed_files(base_branch, pr_branch)
+    print(f"Number of changed files: {file_count}")
+
+    # Check if the count exceeds 20
+    if file_count > args.file_count:
+        print("Error: Too many files (greater than 20) changed in the pull request.")
+        print("Possible issues:")
+        print("- Contributor may be merging into an incorrect branch.")
+        print("- Source branch may be incorrect please use develop as source branch.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

.github/workflows/pull-request.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run linting check
         if: steps.changed-files.outputs.only_changed != 'true'
-
         run: npm run lint:check
 
       - name: Check for localStorage Usage
@@ -77,8 +76,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Run Python script
-        run: 
-          python .github/workflows/check_files.py --base_branch "${{ github.base_ref }}" --pr_branch "${{ github.head_ref }}" --sensitive_files .github/workflows/sensitive_files.txt
+        run: |
+          python .github/workflows/count_changed_files.py --base_branch "${{ github.base_ref }}" --pr_branch "${{ github.head_ref }}"
 
   Test-Application:
     name: Test Application