ci: Preload existing test images from text-overhaul-figures branch

This allows checking that there are no _new_ failures, without
committing the new figures to the repo until the branch is complete.

Author: QuLogic

.appveyor.yml

@@ -60,6 +60,26 @@ install:
   - micromamba env create -f environment.yml python=%PYTHON_VERSION% pywin32
   - micromamba activate mpl-dev
 
+before_test:
+  - git config --global user.name 'Matplotlib'
+  - git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+  - git fetch https://github.com/QuLogic/matplotlib.git text-overhaul-figures:text-overhaul-figures
+  - git merge --no-commit text-overhaul-figures || true
+  # If there are any conflicts in baseline images, then pick "ours",
+  # which should be the updated images in the PR.
+  - ps: |
+      $conflicts = git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U `
+                     lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images `
+                     lib/mpl_toolkits/*/tests/baseline_images
+      if ($conflicts) {
+        git checkout --ours -- $conflicts
+        git add -- $conflicts
+      }
+      git status
+  # If committing fails, there were conflicts other than the baseline images,
+  # which should not be allowed to happen, and should fail the build.
+  - git commit -m "Preload test images from branch text-overhaul-figures"
+
 test_script:
   # Now build the thing..
   - set LINK=/LIBPATH:%cd%\lib

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -95,6 +95,25 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Preload test images
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'Matplotlib'
+          git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+          git fetch https://github.com/QuLogic/matplotlib.git text-overhaul-figures:text-overhaul-figures
+          git merge --no-commit text-overhaul-figures || true
+          # If there are any conflicts in baseline images, then pick "ours",
+          # which should be the updated images in the PR.
+          conflicts=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U \
+                      lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images \
+                      lib/mpl_toolkits/*/tests/baseline_images)
+          if [ -n "${conflicts}" ]; then
+            git checkout --ours -- "${conflicts}"
+            git add -- "${conflicts}"
+          fi
+          # If committing fails, there were conflicts other than the baseline images,
+          # which should not be allowed to happen, and should fail the build.
+          git commit -m 'Preload test images from branch text-overhaul-figures'
+
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065  # v5.6.0
         with:

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ stages:
               architecture: 'x64'
             displayName: 'Use Python $(python.version)'
 
+          - bash: |
+              git config --global user.name 'Matplotlib'
+              git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+              git fetch https://github.com/QuLogic/matplotlib.git text-overhaul-figures:text-overhaul-figures
+              git merge --no-commit text-overhaul-figures || true
+              # If there are any conflicts in baseline images, then pick "ours",
+              # which should be the updated images in the PR.
+              conflicts=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=U \
+                          lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images \
+                          lib/mpl_toolkits/*/tests/baseline_images)
+              if [ -n "${conflicts}" ]; then
+                git checkout --ours -- "${conflicts}"
+                git add -- "${conflicts}"
+              fi
+              # If committing fails, there were conflicts other than the baseline images,
+              # which should not be allowed to happen, and should fail the build.
+              git commit -m 'Preload test images from branch text-overhaul-figures'
+            displayName: Preload test images
+
           - bash: |
               choco install ninja
             displayName: 'Install dependencies'