Merge pull request #31 from aj3sh/actions-error-msg

feat: added error annotation on github actions

Author: subashcs

.github/workflows/test_action.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Commitlint
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ["main"]
+    branches: ['main']
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -13,20 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run commitlint
-        id: commitlintrun
         uses: ./ # Uses an action in the root directory
         # or use a released GitHub Action
         # uses: opensource-nepal/commitlint@v0.2.1
-        with:
-          fail_on_error: false
-
-      - name: Check Output
-        run: |
-          echo 'Status - ${{ steps.commitlintrun.outputs.status }}'
-          echo 'Exit Code - ${{ steps.commitlintrun.outputs.exit_code }}'
-
-          # Check commitlintrun status
-          if [ "${{ steps.commitlintrun.outputs.status }}" = "failure" ]; then
-            echo "Failing the job manually because Commitlint status is failure."
-            exit 1
-          fi

README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ commitlint is a tool designed to lint your commit messages according to the [Con
 If you have any existing workflows, add the following steps:
 
 ```yaml
+...
 steps:
     ...
     - name: Run commitlint
@@ -71,17 +72,16 @@ jobs:
 
 #### GitHub Action Inputs
 
-| #   | Name              | Type       | Default    | Description |
-| --- | ----------------- | -----------| -----------| ----------- |
-|  1  | **fail_on_error** | Boolean    | true       |  Determines whether the GitHub Action should fail when encountering an error. |
-
+| #   | Name              | Type    | Default | Description                                                           |
+| --- | ----------------- | ------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 1   | **fail_on_error** | Boolean | true    | Determines whether the GitHub Action should fail if commitlint fails. |
 
 #### GitHub Action Outputs
 
-| #   | Name           | Type          | Description  |
-| --- | -------------- | --------------| ------------ |
-| 1   | **exit_code**  | Integer       | The exit code indicating the success or failure of the GitHub Actions workflow. |
-| 2   | **status**     |'failure' \| 'success'| The status of the GitHub Actions workflow, indicating success or failure. |
+| #   | Name          | Type    | Description                                                                  |
+| --- | ------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 1   | **exit_code** | Integer | The exit code of the commitlint step.                                        |
+| 2   | **status**    | String  | The outcome of the commitlint step. Possible values: 'success' or 'failure'. |
 
 ## Contribution
 

github_actions/run.py

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def _check_commits(from_hash: str, to_hash: str) -> None:
         _write_output("exit_code", 0)
 
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+        sys.stderr.write("::error::Commit validation failed!\n")
         _write_output("status", STATUS_FAILURE)
         _write_output("exit_code", error.returncode)
         val = _get_input(INPUT_FAIL_ON_ERROR)