Merge pull request #291 from altheaden/ci-switch-to-micromamba

Switch CI from miniconda to micromamba

Author: xylar

.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml

@@ -85,14 +85,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - if: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
         name: Set up Conda Environment
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v2
         with:
-          activate-environment: "polaris_ci"
-          miniforge-version: latest
-          channels: conda-forge,e3sm/label/polaris
-          channel-priority: strict
-          auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          environment-name: polaris_test
+          init-shell: bash
+          condarc: |
+            channel_priority: strict
+            channels: 
+                - conda-forge
+                - e3sm/label/polaris
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - if: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
         name: Install polaris

.github/workflows/docs_workflow.yml

@@ -35,14 +35,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - if: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
         name: Set up Conda Environment
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v2
         with:
-          activate-environment: "polaris_ci"
-          miniforge-version: latest
-          channels: conda-forge,e3sm/label/polaris
-          channel-priority: strict
-          auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+          environment-name: polaris_test
+          init-shell: bash
+          condarc: |
+            channel_priority: strict
+            channels:
+                - conda-forge
+                - e3sm/label/polaris
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - if: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
         name: Install polaris

deploy/shared.py

@@ -201,22 +201,21 @@ def get_conda_base(conda_base, config, shared=False, warn=False):
     if shared:
         conda_base = config.get('paths', 'polaris_envs')
     elif conda_base is None:
-        if 'CONDA_EXE' in os.environ:
-            # if this is a test, assume we're the same base as the
-            # environment currently active
-            conda_exe = os.environ['CONDA_EXE']
-            conda_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(conda_exe, '..', '..'))
+        try:
+            conda_base = subprocess.check_output(
+                ['conda', 'info', '--base'], text=True
+            ).strip()
             if warn:
                 print(
                     f'\nWarning: --conda path not supplied.  Using conda '
                     f'installed at:\n'
                     f'   {conda_base}\n'
                 )
-        else:
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             raise ValueError(
                 'No conda base provided with --conda and '
                 'none could be inferred.'
-            )
+            ) from e
     # handle "~" in the path
     conda_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(conda_base))
     return conda_base