ONE LAST IDEA i swear.

we 1) ask github CI/CD to setup a python3.10
we 2) ask conda to create an env with a python, but the package is NOT installed.

i tried "pip install .", but that didnt work... because it used the first python, i imagine.

now i will try calling the explicit pip of the CONDA python to install the package, before calling the test.

.github/workflows/create-gfdl-catalog.yml

@@ -18,24 +18,29 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
+
     - name: Add conda to system path
       run: |
         # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
         echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         conda env create -f environment.yml --name catalogbuilder
-        pip install .
+        
     - name: Make sample data
       run: python tests/make_sample_data.py
+
     - name: Generate catalog
       run: |
-        pip install .
+        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python -m pip install .
         $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp gfdl_autotest
+        
     - name: Generate catalog with yaml
       run: |
         pip install .
         $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py --config tests/test_config.yaml
+        
     - name: upload-artifacts1
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -45,12 +50,15 @@ jobs:
             gfdl_autotest.json
             cats/gfdl_autotest_from_yaml.csv
             cats/gfdl_autotest_from_yaml.json
+            
     - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         conda install pytest
         $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/pytest -v --runxfail
+        
     - name: Test for completeness
       run: |
         pip install .