fix: check if modifying action file fixes doc-build error

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -143,10 +143,57 @@ jobs:
         run: pip list
 
       - name: "Build HTML Documentation"
-        shell: cmd /D /E:ON /V:OFF /C "CALL "{0}""
-        working-directory: .ci
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          build_doc.bat > ..\doc\log.txt && type ..\doc\log.txt 2>&1
+          # Navigate to the documentation directory
+          cd doc
+
+          # Create a log file for output redirection
+          LOG_FILE="../doc/log.txt"
+          exec > >(tee -a "$LOG_FILE") 2>&1
+
+          echo "Starting documentation build process..."
+
+          # Backup files from source/examples and source/_temp/plugins before cleaning
+          echo "Backing up files before cleaning..."
+          mkdir -p source/_backup
+          [ -d "source/examples/07-python-operators/plugins" ] && cp -r source/examples/07-python-operators/plugins source/_backup/plugins || true
+          [ -d "source/examples/04-advanced/02-volume_averaged_stress" ] && cp -r source/examples/04-advanced/02-volume_averaged_stress source/_backup/04_advanced || true
+          [ -d "source/examples/12-fluids/02-fluids_results" ] && cp -r source/examples/12-fluids/02-fluids_results source/_backup/12_fluids || true
+
+          # Clean previous builds
+          echo "Cleaning previous build artifacts..."
+          rm -rf build source/images/auto-generated source/examples
+          rm -rf source/_temp || true
+
+          # Restore backed-up files
+          echo "Restoring backed-up files..."
+          mkdir -p source/examples/07-python-operators
+          [ -d "source/_backup/plugins" ] && cp -r source/_backup/plugins source/examples/07-python-operators/plugins || true
+          mkdir -p source/examples/04-advanced
+          [ -d "source/_backup/04_advanced" ] && cp -r source/_backup/04_advanced source/examples/04-advanced/02-volume_averaged_stress || true
+          mkdir -p source/examples/12-fluids
+          [ -d "source/_backup/12_fluids" ] && cp -r source/_backup/12_fluids source/examples/12-fluids/02-fluids_results || true
+          rm -rf source/_backup || true
+
+          # Build the HTML documentation
+          echo "Building HTML documentation..."
+          sphinx-build -b html source build/html -v
+
+          # Copy necessary images to the build directory
+          echo "Copying images for patching pyVista issues..."
+          mkdir -p build/html/_images
+          cp -v source/examples/04-advanced/02-volume_averaged_stress/sphx_glr_02-volume_averaged_stress_001.png build/html/_images/ || true
+          cp -v source/examples/12-fluids/02-fluids_results/sphx_glr_02-fluids_results_00*.png build/html/_images/ || true
+          cp -v source/examples/12-fluids/02-fluids_results/sphx_glr_02-fluids_results_thumb.png build/html/_images/ || true
+
+          # Verify the output
+          echo "Documentation build completed. Verifying contents..."
+          ls -R build/html
+
+          # Display the log file content
+          echo "Displaying the log file content..."
+          cat "$LOG_FILE"
         timeout-minutes: 60
         env:
           MEILISEARCH_PUBLIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MEILISEARCH_PUBLIC_API_KEY }}

src/ansys/dpf/core/misc.py

@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ def find_ansys():
     if base_path is None:
         return base_path
 
-    paths = base_path.glob("v*")
+    paths = list(base_path.glob("v*"))
 
-    if not list(paths):
+    if not paths:
         return None
 
     versions = {}