see if i can break up the workflow steps for a more enjoyable experie…

…nce clicking through action logs

.github/workflows/create_test_conda_env.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   build-linux:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
@@ -26,14 +27,13 @@ jobs:
           # add conda env's executables to github's PATH equiv.
           echo $CONDA/envs/fre-workflows/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
-      - name: Run unittest in fre-workflows environment
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, cylc lint
         run: |
-          # try to make sure the right things are in GITHUB_PATH
-          echo $CONDA/envs/fre-workflows/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
           # lint .cylc workflow files
-          cylc lint -v || echo "cylc lint threw non-zero exit code"
+          cylc lint -v
 
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, data_lineage unittest and pylint
+        run: |
           # unittests for data_lineage
           cd data_lineage && \
              python -m unittest discover -s test -v || \
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
              echo "pylint threw non-zero exit code."; \
              cd -;
 
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, regrid-xy pytest and pylint
+        run: |
           # pytest unittests for regrid-xy
           cd app/regrid-xy && \
              pytest -v -v -rx --cov=regrid_xy ./t || \
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
              echo "pylint threw non-zero exit code."; \
              cd -;
 
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, make-timeseries pytest and pylint
+        run: |
           # pytest unittests for make-timeseries
           cd app/make-timeseries && \
              pytest -v -v -rx --cov=bin/make-timeseries ./test || \
@@ -58,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
              echo "pylint threw non-zero exit code."; \
              cd -;
 
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, remap-pp-components pytest and pylint
+        run: |
           # pytest unittests for remap-pp-components
           cd app/remap-pp-components && \
              pytest -v -v -rx --cov=bin/remap-pp-components ./t/ || \
@@ -66,6 +72,8 @@ jobs:
              echo "pylint threw non-zero exit code."; \
              cd -;
 
+      - name: in fre-workflows environment, root directory pytest
+        run: |
           # pytest unittests for other things in this repository
           pytest -v -v -rx ./tests || \
              echo "pytest unittests for root directory failed :-(";