ci: fix the ci workflow to do the lint first then update date.

.github/workflows/ci_pr.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,23 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  # Auto-generate date job to update _config.yml
+  # YAML Lint job - runs after auto-gen-date
+  yamllint:
+    name: Lint YAML files
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+      - name: Install yamllint
+        run: python3 -m pip install yamllint
+
+      - name: Lint YAML files
+        run: "yamllint -f github -d '{extends: default, rules: {line-length: disable}}' _data/guides.yml"
+
+          # Auto-generate date job to update _config.yml
   auto-gen-date:
     name: Update ci_last_modified_date
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -41,22 +57,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Commit and Push
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
         with:
-          commit_message: "ci: Auto-update date to ${{ steps.set_date.outputs.date }}"
-          file_pattern: "_config.yml"
-
-  # YAML Lint job - runs after auto-gen-date
-  yamllint:
-    name: Lint YAML files
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: auto-gen-date
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-
-      - name: Install yamllint
-        run: python3 -m pip install yamllint
-
-      - name: Lint YAML files
-        run: "yamllint -f github -d '{extends: default, rules: {line-length: disable}}' _data/guides.yml"
+          commit_message: "ci: Auto-update date to ${{ steps.set_date.outputs.date }} [skip ci]"
+          file_pattern: "_config.yml"

_config.yml

@@ -206,4 +206,4 @@ compress_html:
 sass:
   quiet_deps: true # https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs/issues/1541
   silence_deprecations: ["import"] # https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs/issues/1607
-ci_last_modified_date: "2025-10-31"
+ci_last_modified_date: "2025-12-05"