Can we install dependencies in a different job?

Author: RadoRado

.github/workflows/django.yml

@@ -14,8 +14,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: docker compose run django py.test
 
+  install_dependencies:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12.4
+          cache: "pip"
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            requirements/local.txt
+            requirements/base.txt
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements/local.txt
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: install_dependencies
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:latest
@@ -29,15 +44,6 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.12.4
-          cache: "pip"
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            requirements/local.txt
-            requirements/base.txt
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install -r requirements/local.txt
       - name: Run ruff
         run: ruff check .
       - name: Type check