Change the list update workflow testing configuration

Update the testing branch for the software list update workflow to
include the SHA of the commit that triggers the workflow. This should
help track down problems if there is a failure in testing/rendering.

.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml

@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PIP_CACHE_DIR: ~/.cache/pip
-  WORKING_BRANCH_NAME: testing/update_software_list
+  TESTING_BRANCH_BASE: testing/update_software_list
 
 jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
+      # Commit author information for git
       git_author: ${{ steps.git-config.outputs.author }}
       git_email: ${{ steps.git-config.outputs.email }}
       git_user: ${{ steps.git-config.outputs.user }}
+      # The name of the branch used for testing
+      testing_branch: ${{ steps.testing-branch.outputs.name }}
     steps:
       - id: git-config
         run: |
@@ -26,6 +29,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GIT_EMAIL: ${{ fromJson(secrets.GIT_AUTHOR_INFORMATION).user.email }}
           GIT_USER: ${{ fromJson(secrets.GIT_AUTHOR_INFORMATION).user.name }}
+      - id: testing-branch
+        run: echo "::set-output name=name::$BASE_BRANCH/$COMMIT_SHA"
+        env:
+          BASE_BRANCH: ${{ env.TESTING_BRANCH_BASE }}
+          COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
   generate_list_update:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: setup
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pip install --upgrade --requirement config/requirements.txt
       - name: Create the branch for test validation
-        run: git switch --create ${{ env.WORKING_BRANCH_NAME }}
+        run: git switch --create ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
       - name: Generate a normalized YAML file
         run: normalize-yml data/cisagov.yml > normalized.yml
       - name: Generate a Markdown table from the normalized YAML file
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: commit-for-testing
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
         with:
-          branch: ${{ env.WORKING_BRANCH_NAME }}
+          branch: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
           commit_message: Update the software list
           commit_user_name: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_user }}
           commit_user_email: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_email }}
@@ -92,12 +100,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.0.0
         with:
           check-name: lint
-          ref: ${{ env.WORKING_BRANCH_NAME }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
           repo-token: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Merge the testing branch
         run: |
           git fetch
-          git merge origin/${{ env.WORKING_BRANCH_NAME }}
+          git merge origin/${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
           git push
       - name: Cleanup testing branch
-        run: git push -d origin ${{ env.WORKING_BRANCH_NAME }}
+        run: git push -d origin ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}