Add structured JSON output to empty-repo workflow #9
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Co-authored-by: ashleywolf <10735907+ashleywolf@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull Request Overview
This PR enhances the GitHub Actions workflow to expose scan results as structured JSON output for programmatic consumption. The changes enable downstream steps or external systems to access the repository health data in a machine-readable format.
- Added step ID to enable output referencing
- Implemented JSON serialization of scan results including organization, visibility, date, and repository arrays
- Added GitHub Actions output command to expose the JSON data
| @@ -93,3 +94,5 @@ jobs: | |||
| title: `Monthly Repo Health: ${org} (${today})`, | |||
| body | |||
| }); | |||
| const jsonReport = JSON.stringify({ org, visibility, date: today, empty, readmeOnly }); | |||
| console.log(`::set-output name=report-json::${jsonReport}`); | |||
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The ::set-output command is deprecated in GitHub Actions. Use core.setOutput('report-json', jsonReport) instead, which requires adding const core = require('@actions/core'); at the beginning of the script.
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This update enhances the existing GitHub Actions workflow by exposing the scan results as structured JSON output. Key improvements:
id: reportto the GitHub Script step, enabling reference to its outputs.org,visibility, date,emptyandreadmeOnlyarrays) into JSON.::set-output name=report-json::command, allowing downstream steps or external systems to consume and POST the structured data.Fixes #8.
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