ci: run coverage only in tics

Author: cjdcordeiro

.github/workflows/tics.yml

@@ -29,20 +29,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - id: get-repo
         run: echo "repo=${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || '' }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  
-  # This is safe because the reusable workflow does not require secrets and this
-  # call is not setting secret inheritance (i.e. "secrets: inherit")
-  call-unit-tests:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/tests.yaml
-    needs: [set-project]
-    with:
-      ref: ${{ needs.set-project.outputs.ref }}
-      repository: ${{ needs.set-project.outputs.repo }}
 
   tics-static-code-analysis:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     name: TiCS Static Code Analysis
-    needs: [set-project, call-unit-tests]
+    needs: [set-project]
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     env:
@@ -74,34 +65,24 @@ jobs:
               echo "." > ${TICS_FILELIST}
           fi
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-
-      # This is safe because actions do not have access to secrets unless these
-      # are passed via inputs or environment variables.
-      # Ref: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/using-secrets-in-github-actions#accessing-your-secrets
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-chisel/
-        name: Build Chisel (TiCS analysis precondition)
-        env:
-          CGO_ENABLED: "0"
 
-      # Get the coverage file produced by the unit tests workflow and get it
-      # ready for TiCS.
-      - name: Prepare cobertura XML results
-        env:
-          TICS_COVERAGE_FOLDER: ".coverage"
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          set -x
-          mkdir -p ${TICS_COVERAGE_FOLDER}
-          go install github.com/boumenot/gocover-cobertura@latest
-          gocover-cobertura \
-            < ${{ needs.call-unit-tests.outputs.test-coverage-artifact }}/${{ needs.call-unit-tests.outputs.test-coverage-file }} \
-            > ${TICS_COVERAGE_FOLDER}/coverage.xml
+          go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/[email protected]
+          go install github.com/axw/gocov/[email protected]
+          go install github.com/AlekSi/[email protected]
 
-      - run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
+      # We could store a report from the "tests" run, but this is cheap to do and keeps this isolated.
+      - name: Test and generate coverage report
+        run: |
+          go test -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
+          gocov convert coverage.out > coverage.json
+          # The coverage.xml file needs to be in a .coverage folder.
+          mkdir .coverage
+          gocov-xml < coverage.json > .coverage/coverage.xml
 
       - name: Run TiCS client analysis
         uses: tiobe/tics-github-action@v3