Using gmt-pytest actionally manually

.github/workflows/examples-application-testing-vm.yml

@@ -79,20 +79,22 @@ jobs:
       # Actions checkout@v4 flakes as the repo contains non-resolving symlinks for the EE version
       - name: Checkout Green Metrics Tool
         run: |
-          git checkout https://github.com/green-coding-solutions/green-metrics-tool
+          git clone https://github.com/green-coding-solutions/green-metrics-tool
 
       - name: Energy Estimation - Get Measurement
         uses: green-coding-solutions/eco-ci-energy-estimation@main
         with:
           task: get-measurement
           label: setup
-
+
+      # we have to load the action manually, as when we link directly with "uses: ./.github/actions/gmt-pytest"
+      # GitHub flakes as it somehow chokes on the symlinks in the general green-metrics-tool repository
       - name: 'Setup, Run, and Teardown Tests'
-        uses: green-coding-solutions/green-metrics-tool/.github/actions/gmt-pytest@main
+        uses: ./green-metrics-tool/.github/actions/gmt-pytest
         with:
-           gmt-directory: './green-metrics-tool'
-           tests-command: 'pytest ../../examples-directory/test/smoke_test.py -k "test_all_directories"'
-           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          gmt-directory: './green-metrics-tool'
+          tests-command: 'pytest ../../examples-directory/test/smoke_test.py -k "test_all_directories"'
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Energy Estimation - Get Measurement
         uses: green-coding-solutions/eco-ci-energy-estimation@main