Update 2026-01: Gov.Action Description output

- This update adds an extra Output for the script 24b_regVote.sh. It now also shows in the summary the Description of the govActionMetadata together with your voting decision. So you can double check again that you are about to vote with the correct decision on the correct govAction.

Author: gitmachtl

cardano/mainnet/24b_regVote.sh

@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ for (( tmpCnt=2; tmpCnt<${paramCnt}; tmpCnt++ ))
                   read voteActionAnswer;
                 } <<< $(jq -r "to_entries | (.[0].key // \"-\", (.[0].value | to_entries | (.[0].key // \"-\", .[0].value.anchor.dataHash // \"-\", .[0].value.anchor.url // \"-\", .[0].value.decision // \"-\" )))" <<< "${voteJSON}")
 
+		#Additionally read the description from the voting file
+		voteActionDescription=$(jq -r '.description // "-"' 2> /dev/null "${metafile}");
+
+		#Show the Description
+		echo -e "\e[0m      Description: \e[33m${voteActionDescription}\e[0m";
+
 		#Get voteType
 		case ${voteActionVoter%%-*} in
 			"committee") voteType="Committee";;

cardano/mainnet/sha256sum_sposcripts.txt

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ b5840cb93c592ea51b4f253cdd7d0643c610d03cdb2decd94a3ce0e8d152d5d1  23c_regComAuth
 d7d4753a6066fd792d9b46238c4cfe365e0ba342b3bdf891048f8795df8962cd  23d_checkComOnChain.sh
 18cb3611f363ac081280e52cefffe47eaa7b9038f281acee9517fe62287633b1  23e_retComColdKeys.sh
 9e0b690507477c0abc0bb512ffe5ec97a0a2419ca4f02d5848f54390a4c9f700  24a_genVote.sh
-4ba6a4e6bdab571335df54921de7b569aa6ddd475550607cbf3c50e69e6ac791  24b_regVote.sh
+8e45c35d0cf778efd65f853338a190ab15aa44db8ce415b2f187d01aace8d789  24b_regVote.sh
 8517dc25adb68139d2eddf7e44ba1de5cedd3e84ab6455ca999141a2974a5763  24c_queryVote.sh
 0004e496a15589cd01d936c70aef59b17aa378c8f64783789224d579f7a016a1  25a_genAction.sh
 087fae298f192aa01db38ac403227f12c33eed553e5594fc146d252e28afa0a7  25b_regAction.sh

cardano/testnet/24b_regVote.sh

@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ for (( tmpCnt=2; tmpCnt<${paramCnt}; tmpCnt++ ))
                   read voteActionAnswer;
                 } <<< $(jq -r "to_entries | (.[0].key // \"-\", (.[0].value | to_entries | (.[0].key // \"-\", .[0].value.anchor.dataHash // \"-\", .[0].value.anchor.url // \"-\", .[0].value.decision // \"-\" )))" <<< "${voteJSON}")
 
+		#Additionally read the description from the voting file
+		voteActionDescription=$(jq -r '.description // "-"' 2> /dev/null "${metafile}");
+
+		#Show the Description
+		echo -e "\e[0m      Description: \e[33m${voteActionDescription}\e[0m";
+
 		#Get voteType
 		case ${voteActionVoter%%-*} in
 			"committee") voteType="Committee";;