reorder steps

Author: Davknapp

.github/workflows/test_preparation.yml

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       # The true at the end is to ignore errors that i.e. occur when the folders do not exist
       run: rm -r $SC_BUILD || true
     - name: make folders
-      run: mkdir -p $SC_DEBUG $SC_RELEASE
+      run: mkdir -p $SC_DEBUG $SC_RELEASE $SC_BUILD
       if: ${{ steps.sc_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
     - name: install sc
       run: echo "Install sc"
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Cache info
       if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
       run: echo No cache found or cache will be ignored. IGNORE_CACHE=$IGNORE_CACHE
+    - name: if ignore cache, delete folders
+      if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
+      # The true at the end is to ignore errors that i.e. occur when the folders do not exist
+      run: rm -r $P4EST_BUILD || true
+    - name: make folders
+      if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
+      run: mkdir -p $P4EST_DEBUG $P4EST_RELEASE $P4EST_BUILD
     - name: install p4est
       run: echo "Install p4est"
       if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
@@ -181,13 +188,6 @@ jobs:
         cd p4est
         git fetch
         git checkout ${{ env.p4est_commit }}
-    - name: if ignore cache, delete folders
-      if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
-      # The true at the end is to ignore errors that i.e. occur when the folders do not exist
-      run: rm -r $P4EST_BUILD || true
-    - name: make folders
-      if: ${{ steps.p4est_cmake_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' || inputs.IGNORE_CACHE == 1 }}
-      run: mkdir -p $P4EST_DEBUG $P4EST_RELEASE
     ## p4est debug
     - name: p4est cmake debug
       run: cd $P4EST_DEBUG && cmake $P4EST_BUILD/p4est -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$P4EST_DEBUG/install -DP4EST_USE_SYSTEM_SC=ON -DSC_DIR=$SC_DEBUG/install/cmake -DP4EST_ENABLE_MPI=$MPI -GNinja