Cherry-pick extended ESC #22

	name: test scripting

	on:
	push:
	branches:
	- CxPilot
	- master
	paths: # only run for scripting changes
	- 'libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/docs_check.py'
	- 'libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/**'
	- '**.lua'

	pull_request:
	paths: # only run for scripting changes
	- 'libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/docs_check.py'
	- 'libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/**'
	- '**.lua'

	workflow_dispatch:

	concurrency:
	group: ci-${{github.workflow}}-${{ github.ref }}
	cancel-in-progress: true

	jobs:
	test-scripting:
	runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
	container: ardupilot/ardupilot-dev-base:v0.1.3
	steps:
	# git checkout the PR
	- uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	submodules: 'recursive'

	- name: Lua Linter
	shell: bash
	run: \|
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get -y install lua-check
	./Tools/scripts/run_luacheck.sh

	- name: copy docs
	run: \|
	PATH="/github/home/.local/bin:$PATH"
	mv "libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua" "libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/current_docs.lua"

	- name: build sitl # we don't really need to build the full code, just trigger docs re-gen with --scripting-docs, timeout after 10 seconds
	shell: bash
	run: \|
	git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
	PATH="/github/home/.local/bin:$PATH"
	./waf configure --board sitl
	timeout 10 ./waf antennatracker --scripting-docs \|\| code=$?; if [[ $code -ne 124 && $code -ne 0 ]]; then exit $code; fi

	- name: run compare
	run: \|
	PATH="/github/home/.local/bin:$PATH"
	python ./libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/docs_check.py "./libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua" "./libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/current_docs.lua"

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