Undid empty artifact attempt, properly escaping characters

ci/bin/generate-go-yaml.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from pathlib import Path
+
 
 # Write gitlab-ci workflow rule for generated yaml
 def write_global_rule(**kwargs):
@@ -101,12 +101,9 @@ def main(argv):
     deploy_env = os.environ["DEPLOY_ENV"]
 
     go_changes = []
-    rule = "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /(^[0-9](\.[0-9])*)-DEVELOPMENT/"
+    rule = "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /(^[0-9](\\.[0-9])*)-DEVELOPMENT/"
     changes_rule = ""
 
-    print(f"Generating go yaml for env {deploy_env} ")
-    Path('generated-go-build-pipeline.yml').touch()
-
     if deploy_env == "dev":
         commit_sha = os.environ["CI_COMMIT_SHA"]
 
@@ -126,17 +123,14 @@ def main(argv):
         if "ingest" in go_changes:
             go_changes.remove("ingest")
 
-        # Skip writing the rule if no configs will be written below to avoid building an invalid yaml
-        if go_changes:
-            write_global_rule(rule=rule)
-
+        write_global_rule(rule=rule)
         changes_rule = """changes:
             - apps/cli/executables/go/**/*"""
     else:
         if deploy_env == "test":
-            rule = "$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^end-of-sprint-[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0.9]+-rc[0-9]+/"
+            rule = "$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^end-of-sprint-[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0.9]+-rc[0-9]+/"
         if deploy_env == "prod":
-            rule = "$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/"
+            rule = "$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$/"
 
         write_global_rule(rule=rule)
         go_changes = get_list_of_go_modules()