Change CI to use uv instead of pip / requirements.txt

ychin · ychin · commit 5c08dd1c8fa1 · 2026-04-13T18:21:58.000-07:00
Upstream (vimhelp) changed the dependency management system and we need
to update our steps to match.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -65,12 +65,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
-          cache: 'pip'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'vimhelp/requirements.txt'
 
-      - name: Set up vimhelp
-        run: |
-          pip install -r vimhelp/requirements.txt
+      - name: Install the latest version of uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@cec208311dfd045dd5311c1add060b2062131d57 # v8.0.0
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
 
       - name: Build the documentation
         run: |
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Version string: $version_string"
 
           cd vimhelp
-          python3 scripts/h2h.py -i "$MACVIM_DIR/runtime/doc" -o ../build --project macvim --web-version --output-tags-json --version "$version_string" --commit "$MACVIM_COMMIT"
+          uv run scripts/h2h.py -i "$MACVIM_DIR/runtime/doc" -o ../build --project macvim --web-version --output-tags-json --version "$version_string" --commit "$MACVIM_COMMIT"
 
       - name: Generate sitemap
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -26,14 +26,7 @@ To run the scripts locally, follow vimhelp's [README](vimhelp/README.md) to set
 
 ```
 cd vimhelp
-python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps .venv
-.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-Source the venv:
-
-```
-. .venv/bin/activate
+uv sync
 ```
 
 Then run the script (make sure to substitute `$macvim_dir` with the directory that you have MacVim cloned to):
