Add a PowerShell environment variable as a convenience accessor for t…

…he version number, and add an explanatory comment about the .ini file piece, and reactivate the ruff check

Signed-off-by: Jim Hawkins <sjjhsjjhsjjh@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/windows-build-version.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+# In this workflow the release version number is read from a .ini file. That is
+# implemented by having one job read the file and print the key-value pair to
+# the its output. Another job then uses the output value.
+#
+# -   Output is generated by the `check` job, in the step Get version number.
+# -   The value is consumed in the `build` job.
+#
+# And see the reference documentation here.
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/defining-outputs-for-jobs
+
+
 jobs:
 
   check:
@@ -31,14 +42,17 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install ruff
-  #   - name: Analysing the code with ruff
-  #     run: |
-  #       ruff check .
+    - name: Analysing the code with ruff
+      run: |
+        ruff check .
 
   # The build job runs on a Windows machine and performs various build steps.
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     needs: check
+    env:
+      # Convenience variable with a shorter name.
+      VersionNumber: ${{needs.check.outputs.VersionNumber}}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python 3.10
@@ -60,22 +74,20 @@ jobs:
     #     pyinstaller --distpath dist-portable build-portable.spec
     - name: Demo version number
       run: |
-        New-Item delme-${{needs.check.outputs.VersionNumber}}.txt -type file
-
-        
+        New-Item delme-$Env:VersionNumber".txt" -type file
     # - name: Zip Portable 
     #   shell: pwsh
     #   run: |
     #     Copy-Item -Path assets -Destination dist-portable\ -Recurse
     #     Copy-Item -Path configs -Destination dist-portable\ -Recurse
-    #     Compress-Archive -Path dist-portable -DestinationPath FaceCommander-Portable-${{github.ref_name}}.zip
-
+    #     Compress-Archive -Path dist-portable -DestinationPath \
+    #       FaceCommander-Portable-$Env:VersionNumber".zip"
     # - name: release
     #   uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
     #   with:
     #     files: |
-    #       Output/FaceCommander-Installer-${{github.ref_name}}.exe
-    #       FaceCommander-Portable-${{github.ref_name}}.zip
-    #     tag_name: ${{github.ref_name}}
+    #       Output/FaceCommander-Installer-${{needs.check.outputs.VersionNumber}}.exe
+    #       FaceCommander-Portable-${{needs.check.outputs.VersionNumber}}.zip
+    #     tag_name: ${{needs.check.outputs.VersionNumber}}
     #     draft: false
     #     prerelease: false