From e57918c575c5edf0810bd229009fa88ca1fd5235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amintor Dusko <87949283+AmintorDusko@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:06:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Cherry-picking some workflows changes (#784)

**Context:** Release tests are failing in the plugin test matrix.

**Description of the Change:** Cherry-picking some changes already in
the RC branch.

**Benefits:** Fix the
[release-release](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/actions/workflows/compat-check-release-release.yml)
workflow. I ran it manually against this branch to check.

**Possible Drawbacks:**

**Related GitHub Issues:**

---------

Co-authored-by: Vincent Michaud-Rioux <vincent.michaud-rioux@xanadu.ai>
Co-authored-by: ringo-but-quantum <github-ringo-but-quantum@xanadu.ai>
---
 .github/CHANGELOG.md                           | 3 +++
 .github/workflows/tests_lgpu_python.yml        | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/tests_lgpumpi_python.yml     | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/tests_lkcpu_python.yml       | 6 +++---
 .github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml      | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/tests_lmps_tncuda_python.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml       | 4 ++--
 .github/workflows/tests_without_binary.yml     | 4 ++--
 pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py           | 2 +-
 9 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index c526d307d..228be8d44 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 * Downgrade Scipy on Lightning stable version tests.
   [(#783)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/783)
 
+* Fix checkout command in test workflows for rc branches.
+  [(#777)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/777)
+
 ### Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lgpu_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lgpu_python.yml
index f80672740..033534206 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lgpu_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lgpu_python.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lgpumpi_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lgpumpi_python.yml
index 8b97de972..3a1b1f357 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lgpumpi_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lgpumpi_python.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'release'
         run: |
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Build and install package
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcpu_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcpu_python.yml
index 7efc1df00..8dca593af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcpu_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcpu_python.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
index 1ca076c16..75f3c24f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lkcuda_python.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lmps_tncuda_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lmps_tncuda_python.yml
index 3e9f6a1d9..12282878e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lmps_tncuda_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lmps_tncuda_python.yml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
   
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
index 33eefa04d..cf2f55640 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_without_binary.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_without_binary.yml
index 919e162a4..eb2745e6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_without_binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_without_binary.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd main
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
 
       - name: Switch to stable build of Lightning
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd pennylane
           git fetch --all
-          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v*rc*" | tail -1)
+          git checkout $(git branch -a --list "origin/v0.*rc*" | sort | tail -1)
           python -m pip uninstall -y pennylane && python -m pip install . -vv --no-deps
 
       - name: Install Stable PennyLane
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index 3d439e251..cc8cd04e2 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.37.0-dev51"
+__version__ = "0.37.0-dev52"