Testing two tags artifacts with new .env.repoTags file

.env.repoTags

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=

.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ on:
         description: "Latest Docker image tags passed from e-mission-server repository on image build and push"
         required: true
 
-#Dockerhub credentials are set as environment variables 
 env:
   DOCKER_USER: ${{secrets.DOCKER_USER}}
   DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD}}
@@ -24,38 +23,25 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    
+
     - name: Set docker image tag from .env file
       run: |
         set -a; source .env; set +a
+        echo "Restoring latest server image tag from .env"
         echo "DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH=${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+    - name: Set docker image tag from .env file
+      run: |
+        set -a; source .env.repoTags; set +a
+        echo "Restoring latest frontend image tag from .env.repoTags"
+        echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
     - name: Print input docker image tag
       run: |
         echo "Event name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
         echo "Latest docker image tag (push): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH }}"
         echo "Latest docker image tag (workflow_dispatch): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH }}"
-
-    - name: Update .env file 
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-          echo "Workflow_dispatch: New server image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env"
-          echo "SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH" > .env
-        else
-          echo "Push event: Restoring latest server image tag from .env"
-        fi
-
-    - name: Add, Commit, Push changes to .env file
-      run: |
-        git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
-        git config --local user.name "Github Actions bot to update .env with latest tags"
-        if git diff --quiet; then
-          echo "Latest timestamp already present in .env file, no changes to commit"
-        else
-          git add .env
-          git commit -m "Updated docker image tag in .env file to the latest timestamp"
-          git push origin 
-        fi
+        echo "Current frontend image tag (push): ${{ env.FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG }}"
 
     - name: docker login
       run: | # log into docker hub account
@@ -81,12 +67,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ]; then
           docker image tag em-pub-dash-prod/frontend:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_frontend:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-          echo "FRONTEND_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        else
-          echo "FRONTEND_TAG=${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
         docker image tag em-pub-dash-prod/viz-scripts:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-        echo "NOTEBOOK_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "NOTEBOOK_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: push docker images
       run: |
@@ -95,10 +79,32 @@ jobs:
         fi
         docker push $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
 
+    - name: Update .env file 
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+          echo "Workflow_dispatch: New server image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env"
+          echo "SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH" > .env
+        else
+          echo "Push event: New frontend image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env.repoTags"
+          echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" > .env.repoTags
+        fi
+  
+    - name: Add, Commit, Push changes to .env file
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
+        git config --local user.name "Github Actions bot to update .env with latest tags"
+        if git diff --quiet; then
+          echo "Latest timestamps already present in .env files, no changes to commit"
+        else
+          git add .env .env.repoTags
+          git commit -m "Updated docker image tags in .env files to the latest timestamps"
+          git push origin 
+        fi
+   
     - name: Create tag files
       run: |
-        echo ${{ env.FRONTEND_TAG }} > frontend_tag_file.txt
-        echo ${{ env.NOTEBOOK_TAG }} > notebook_tag_file.txt
+        echo ${{ env.FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG }} > frontend_tag_file.txt
+        echo ${{ env.NOTEBOOK_IMAGE_TAG }} > notebook_tag_file.txt
         echo "Created tag text files"
 
     - name: Upload Frontend Tag Artifact
@@ -107,10 +113,10 @@ jobs:
         name: frontend-image-tag
         path: frontend_tag_file.txt
         overwrite: true
-
+  
     - name: Upload Notebook Tag Artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: notebook-image-tag
         path: notebook_tag_file.txt
-        overwrite: true
+        overwrite: true