Update the workflow for v0.x with badge push to badge_v0.x branch

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
         default: v0.x
         required: false
         type: string
+      badge_branch:
+        description: 'The branch which contains the jacoco badge for above branch'
+        default: badge_v0.x
+        required: false
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -20,7 +25,13 @@ jobs:
         java: ['21']
     name: Java ${{ matrix.Java }} build
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Checkout badges branch to a badges directory nested inside first checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.badge_branch }}
+        path: badges
     - name: Setup java
       uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
@@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       id: jacoco
       uses: cicirello/[email protected]
       with:
+        badges-directory: badges
         jacoco-csv-file: build/reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.csv
     - name: Log coverage percentage
       run: |
@@ -44,14 +56,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Commit and push badge
       if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       run: |
-        cd .github/badges
+        cd badges
         if [[ `git status --porcelain *.svg` ]]; then
           git config --global user.name github_actions
           git add *.svg
           git commit -m "Autogenerated JaCoCo coverage badge" *.svg
-          git pull --rebase origin ${{ inputs.branch }}
           git push
         fi
+        cd ..
     - name: Upload JaCoCo coverage report
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with: