Fix CI pipeline for self-hosted runner

Replace actions/setup-python with venv to avoid permission errors
on self-hosted runner. Move seed.py into app/ so it's included in
the Docker build context.

Author: akhil27051999

.github/workflows/ci-pipeline.yaml

@@ -26,19 +26,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.12'
-
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           cd app
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python3 -m venv venv
+          source venv/bin/activate
+          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Run Tests with SQLite
         run: |
+          source app/venv/bin/activate
           pytest -v
 
       - name: Build Docker Image

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ignore virtual env files into git
 /venv/*
+app/venv/
+
+# ignore self-hosted GitHub Actions runner
+actions-runner/
 
 # ignore environment variable files
 .env