Make baseline dependency count dynamic based on previous extraction

- Use previous CSV's dependency count as baseline instead of fixed number
- Only fall back to config value (251) if no previous CSV exists
- Updated config comments to clarify this behavior

Signed-off-by: Dan Gil <[email protected]>

Author: Dan Gil

.github/workflows/extract_dependency_versions.py

@@ -208,7 +208,15 @@ def load_previous_csv(self, csv_path: Path, csv_type: str = "latest") -> None:
                     # Create unique key for each dependency
                     key = f"{row.get('Component', '')}:{row.get('Category', '')}:{row.get('Dependency Name', '')}"
                     target_dict[key] = row
-            print(f"Loaded {len(target_dict)} dependencies from previous {csv_type} CSV: {csv_path.name}")
+            
+            # Use the count from previous CSV as the baseline for warnings
+            # (only if this is the latest CSV, not release)
+            if csv_type == "latest" and len(target_dict) > 0:
+                self.baseline_count = len(target_dict)
+                print(f"Loaded {len(target_dict)} dependencies from previous {csv_type} CSV: {csv_path.name}")
+                print(f"Set baseline count to {self.baseline_count} (from previous extraction)")
+            else:
+                print(f"Loaded {len(target_dict)} dependencies from previous {csv_type} CSV: {csv_path.name}")
         except Exception as e:
             self.warnings.append(f"Error loading previous {csv_type} CSV: {e}")
 

.github/workflows/extract_dependency_versions_config.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ github:
   branch: "main"
 
 baseline:
+  # Fallback baseline count for warnings (if no previous CSV exists)
+  # The script automatically uses the previous extraction's count as the baseline
   dependency_count: 251
 
 critical_dependencies: