Use "Rebuild" workflow instead of "Update dependencies"

Author: henrymercer

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
     labels:
-      - Update dependencies
+      - Rebuild
     # Ignore incompatible dependency updates
     ignore:
       # There is a type incompatibility issue between v0.0.9 and our other dependencies.

.github/update-release-branch.py

@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ def open_pr(
   body.append(' - [ ] Ensure the docs team is aware of any documentation changes that need to be released.')
 
   if not is_primary_release:
-    body.append(' - [ ] Remove and re-add the "Update dependencies" label to the PR to trigger just this workflow.')
-    body.append(' - [ ] Wait for the "Update dependencies" workflow to push a commit updating the dependencies.')
+    body.append(' - [ ] Remove and re-add the "Rebuild" label to the PR to trigger just this workflow.')
+    body.append(' - [ ] Wait for the "Rebuild" workflow to push a commit updating the distribution files.')
 
   body.append(' - [ ] Mark the PR as ready for review to trigger the full set of PR checks.')
   body.append(' - [ ] Approve and merge this PR. Make sure `Create a merge commit` is selected rather than `Squash and merge` or `Rebase and merge`.')
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def open_pr(
     body.append(' - [ ] Merge all backport PRs to older release branches, that will automatically be created once this PR is merged.')
 
   title = f'Merge {source_branch} into {target_branch}'
-  labels = ['Update dependencies'] if not is_primary_release else []
+  labels = ['Rebuild'] if not is_primary_release else []
 
   # Create the pull request
   # PR checks won't be triggered on PRs created by Actions. Therefore mark the PR as draft so that
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Migrate the package version number from a vLatest version number to a vOlder version number
     print(f'Setting version number to {version} in package.json')
-    replace_version_package_json(get_current_version(), version) # We rely on the `Update dependencies` workflow to update package-lock.json
+    replace_version_package_json(get_current_version(), version) # We rely on the `Rebuild` workflow to update package-lock.json
     run_git('add', 'package.json')
 
     # Migrate the changelog notes from vLatest version numbers to vOlder version numbers

.github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #    tag
 # 2. Updates the `vN` tag to refer to this merge commit.
 # 3. Iff vN == vLatest, merges any changes from the release back into the main branch.
-#    Typically, this is two commits – one to update the version number and one to update dependencies.
+#    Typically, this is two commits – one to update the version number and one to rebuild.
 name: Tag release and merge back
 
 on:
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ jobs:
 
             Please do the following:
 
-            - [ ] Remove and re-add the "Update dependencies" label to the PR to trigger just this workflow.
-            - [ ] Wait for the "Update dependencies" workflow to push a commit updating the dependencies.
+            - [ ] Remove and re-add the "Rebuild" label to the PR to trigger just this workflow.
+            - [ ] Wait for the "Rebuild" workflow to push a commit updating the distribution files.
             - [ ] Mark the PR as ready for review to trigger the full set of PR checks.
             - [ ] Approve and merge the PR. When merging the PR, make sure "Create a merge commit" is
                   selected rather than "Squash and merge" or "Rebase and merge".
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
             --head "${NEW_BRANCH}" \
             --base "${BASE_BRANCH}" \
             --title "${pr_title}" \
-            --label "Update dependencies" \
+            --label "Rebuild" \
             --body "${pr_body}" \
             --assignee "${GITHUB_ACTOR}" \
             --draft

.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       security-events: write # needed to upload ESLint results
 
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -37,19 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check generated JS
         run: .github/workflows/script/check-js.sh
 
-  check-node-modules:
-    if: github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases/v')
-    name: Check modules up to date
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 45
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - name: Check node modules up to date
-        run: .github/workflows/script/check-node-modules.sh
-
   check-file-contents:
     if: github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases/v')
     name: Check file contents
@@ -74,7 +58,6 @@ jobs:
   npm-test:
     if: github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases/v')
     name: Unit Test
-    needs: [check-js, check-node-modules]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: