pipeline: wrong substitution in autmation tools, falling back to the old method

.github/workflows/cooker-selfhosted.yml

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run pre-build automation tasks
         run : "/bin/bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh"
 
+      # remove me when the automations tool substitution can do this
+      - name: Set branch in the manifest
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/THISBRANCH/$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)/g" net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
+          echo "Branch name is: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
       - name: "Build flatpak: download only"
         id: "flatpak-download"
         run: |

.github/workflows/main-selfhosted.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run pre-build automation tasks
         run : "/bin/bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh"
 
+      # remove me when the automations tool substitution can do this
+      - name: Set branch in the manifest
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/THISBRANCH/$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)/g" net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
+          echo "Branch name is: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
       - name: Read manifest content
         id: read_manifest
         run: echo "::set-output name=file_content::$(cat net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml)"

automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ hash^MSXBIOSHASHPLACEHOLDER^http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282f
 hash^XEMUHDDHASHPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu-hdd-image/releases/latest/download/xbox_hdd.qcow2.zip
 latestcommit^UNIVERSALDYNAMICINPUTCOMMITPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput^main
 outside_info^VERSIONPLACEHOLDER^${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
-outside_info^THISBRANCH^"$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+#outside_info^THISBRANCH^"$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"