Add output to file option

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Test diff action
     steps:
-        - name: checkout
-          uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        - name: Running diff action
-          id: test_ete
-          uses: ./diff
-          with:
-            base: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test1.yaml
-            revision: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test3.yaml
-            format: 'text'
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Running diff action
+        id: test_ete
+        uses: ./diff
+        with:
+          base: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test1.yaml
+          revision: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test3.yaml
+          format: 'text'
+          output-to-file: 'diff.txt'
+      - name: Test diff action output to file
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -s diff.txt ]; then
+            echo "Diff file doesn't exist or is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
   oasdiff_diff_exclude_elements:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Test diff action with exclude-elements option
@@ -79,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           base: 'specs/base.yaml'
           revision: 'specs/revision-breaking.yaml'
           fail-on-diff: false
+          output-to-file: 'breaking.txt'
       - name: Test breaking changes action output
         run: |
           delimiter=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid | tr -d '-')
@@ -90,6 +98,17 @@ jobs:
             echo "Expected output '1 breaking changes: 1 error, 0 warning' but got '$output'" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
+      - name: Test breaking changes action output to file
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -s breaking.txt ]; then
+            echo "Breaking changes file doesn't exist or is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          output=$(cat breaking.txt | head -n 1)
+          if [[  "${output}" != "1 breaking changes: 1 error, 0 warning" ]]; then
+            echo "Expected output '1 breaking changes: 1 error, 0 warning' but got '${output}'" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
   oasdiff_breaking_composed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Test breaking action with composed option
@@ -149,14 +168,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           base: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test1.yaml
           revision: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tufin/oasdiff/main/data/openapi-test3.yaml
+          output-to-file: "changelog.txt"
       - name: Test changelog action output
         run: |
           readonly expected_output="20 changes: 2 error, 4 warning, 14 info"
           output=$(echo "${{steps.test_changelog.outputs.changelog}}" | head -n 1)
           if [[  "${output}" != "${expected_output}" ]]; then
             echo "Expected output '20 changes: 2 error, 4 warning, 14 info' but got '${output}'" >&2
             exit 1
-          fi 
+          fi
+      - name: Test changelog action output to file
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -s changelog.txt ]; then
+            echo "Changelog file doesn't exist or is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          output=$(cat changelog.txt | head -n 1)
+          if [[  "${output}" != "20 changes: 2 error, 4 warning, 14 info" ]]; then
+            echo "Expected output '20 changes: 2 error, 4 warning, 14 info' but got '${output}'" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
   oasdiff_changelog_composed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Test changelog action with composed option

README.md

@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ Copy and paste the following snippet into your build .yml file:
     revision: 'specs/revision.yaml'
 ```
 
-This action supports additional arguments that are converted to parameters for the `oasdiff` CLI.
+This action supports additional arguments. Most are converted to parameters for the `oasdiff` CLI.
 
-| CLI | Action input | Default |
-|--------|--------|--------|
-| --fail-on-diff | fail-on-diff | false |
-| --format | format | yaml |
-| --include-path-params | include-path-params | false |
-| --exclude-elements | exclude-elements | '' |
-| --composed                | composed                | false   |
+| CLI                   | Action input        | Default |
+| --------------------- | ------------------- | ------- |
+| --fail-on-diff        | fail-on-diff        | false   |
+| --format              | format              | yaml    |
+| --include-path-params | include-path-params | false   |
+| --exclude-elements    | exclude-elements    | ''      |
+| --composed            | composed            | false   |
+| N/A                   | output-to-file      | ''      |
 
 ### Check for breaking API changes, and fail if any are found
 Copy and paste the following snippet into your build .yml file:
@@ -39,14 +40,15 @@ Copy and paste the following snippet into your build .yml file:
 Additional arguments:
 
 | CLI                       | Action input            | Default |
-|---------------------------|-------------------------|---------|
+| ------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------- |
 | --fail-on WARN            | fail-on-diff            | true    |
 | --include-checks          | include-checks          | csv     |
 | --include-path-params     | include-path-params     | false   |
 | --deprecation-days-beta   | deprecation-days-beta   | 31      |
 | --deprecation-days-stable | deprecation-days-stable | 180     |
 | --exclude-elements        | exclude-elements        | ''      |
 | --composed                | composed                | false   |
+| N/A                       | output-to-file          | ''      |
 
 This action delivers a summary of breaking changes, accessible as a GitHub step output named `breaking`.
 
@@ -62,8 +64,9 @@ Copy and paste the following snippet into your build .yml file:
 
 Additional arguments:
 
-| CLI | Action input | Default |
-|--------|--------|--------|
-| --include-path-params | include-path-params | false |
-| --exclude-elements    | exclude-elements    | ''    |
-| --composed            | composed            | false   |
+| CLI                   | Action input        | Default |
+| --------------------- | ------------------- | ------- |
+| --include-path-params | include-path-params | false   |
+| --exclude-elements    | exclude-elements    | ''      |
+| --composed            | composed            | false   |
+| N/A                   | output-to-file      | ''      |

breaking/action.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Run in composed mode'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  output-to-file:
+    description: 'Output to a file at the given path'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 outputs:
   breaking:
     description: 'Output summary of API breaking changes, encompassing both warnings and errors'
@@ -48,3 +52,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.deprecation-days-stable }}
     - ${{ inputs.exclude-elements }}
     - ${{ inputs.composed }}
+    - ${{ inputs.output-to-file }}

breaking/entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
+source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/common/common.sh
+
 readonly base="$1"
 readonly revision="$2"
 readonly fail_on_diff="$3"
@@ -10,31 +12,32 @@ readonly deprecation_days_beta="$6"
 readonly deprecation_days_stable="$7"
 readonly exclude_elements="$8"
 readonly composed="$9"
+readonly output_to_file="${10}"
 
-echo "running oasdiff breaking... base: $base, revision: $revision, fail_on_diff: $fail_on_diff, include_checks: $include_checks, include_path_params: $include_path_params, deprecation_days_beta: $deprecation_days_beta, deprecation_days_stable: $deprecation_days_stable, exclude_elements: $exclude_elements"
+echo "running oasdiff breaking... base: $base, revision: $revision, fail_on_diff: $fail_on_diff, include_checks: $include_checks, include_path_params: $include_path_params, deprecation_days_beta: $deprecation_days_beta, deprecation_days_stable: $deprecation_days_stable, exclude_elements: $exclude_elements, composed: $composed, output_to_file: $output_to_file"
 
 # Build flags to pass in command
 flags=""
 if [ "$fail_on_diff" = "true" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --fail-on WARN"
+    flags="$flags --fail-on WARN"
 fi
 if [ "$include_path_params" = "true" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --include-path-params"
+    flags="$flags --include-path-params"
 fi
 if [ -n "$include_checks" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --include-checks $include_checks"
+    flags="$flags --include-checks $include_checks"
 fi
 if [ -n "$deprecation_days_beta" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --deprecation-days-beta $deprecation_days_beta"
+    flags="$flags --deprecation-days-beta $deprecation_days_beta"
 fi
 if [ -n "$deprecation_days_stable" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --deprecation-days-stable $deprecation_days_stable"
+    flags="$flags --deprecation-days-stable $deprecation_days_stable"
 fi
-if [ "$exclude_elements" != "" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --exclude-elements ${exclude_elements}"
+if [ -n "$exclude_elements" ]; then
+    flags="$flags --exclude-elements $exclude_elements"
 fi
 if [ "$composed" = "true" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} -c"
+    flags="$flags -c"
 fi
 echo "flags: $flags"
 
@@ -46,32 +49,25 @@ echo "flags: $flags"
 # {delimiter}
 # see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings
 delimiter=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid | tr -d '-')
-echo "breaking<<$delimiter" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "breaking<<$delimiter" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
 if [ -n "$flags" ]; then
-    output=$(oasdiff breaking "$base" "$revision" $flags | head -n 1)
+    output=$(oasdiff breaking "$base" "$revision" $flags)
 else
-    output=$(oasdiff breaking "$base" "$revision" | head -n 1)
+    output=$(oasdiff breaking "$base" "$revision")
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$output" ]; then
-    # github-action limits output to 1MB
-    # we count bytes because unicode has multibyte characters
-    size=$(echo "$output" | wc -c)
-    if [ "$size" -ge "1000000" ]; then
-        echo "WARN: breaking exceeds the 1MB limit, truncating output..." >&2
-        output=$(echo "$output" | head -c 1000000)
-    fi
-    echo "$output" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    write_output "$(echo "$output" | head -n 1)" "$output"
 else
-    echo "No breaking changes" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    write_output "No breaking changes"
 fi
 
-echo "$delimiter" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "$delimiter" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
 # *** github action step output ***
 
 # Updating GitHub Action summary with formatted output
-flags="${flags} --format githubactions"
+flags="$flags --format githubactions"
 # Writes the summary to log and updates GitHub Action summary
 oasdiff breaking "$base" "$revision" $flags

changelog/action.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Run in composed mode'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  output-to-file:
+    description: 'Output to a file at the given path'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 outputs:
   changelog:
     description: 'Output summary of API changelog'
@@ -31,3 +35,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.include-path-params }}
     - ${{ inputs.exclude-elements }}
     - ${{ inputs.composed }}
+    - ${{ inputs.output-to-file }}

changelog/entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
+source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/common/common.sh
+
 readonly base="$1"
 readonly revision="$2"
 readonly include_path_params="$3"
 readonly exclude_elements="$4"
 readonly composed="$5"
+readonly output_to_file="$6"
 
-echo "running oasdiff changelog base: $base, revision: $revision, include_path_params: $include_path_params, exclude_elements: $exclude_elements"
+echo "running oasdiff changelog base: $base, revision: $revision, include_path_params: $include_path_params, exclude_elements: $exclude_elements, composed: $composed, output_to_file: $output_to_file"
 
 # Build flags to pass in command
 flags=""
 if [ "$include_path_params" = "true" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --include-path-params"
+    flags="$flags --include-path-params"
 fi
-if [ "$exclude_elements" != "" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} --exclude-elements ${exclude_elements}"
+if [ -n "$exclude_elements" ]; then
+    flags="$flags --exclude-elements $exclude_elements"
 fi
 if [ "$composed" = "true" ]; then
-    flags="${flags} -c"
+    flags="$flags -c"
 fi
 echo "flags: $flags"
 
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 # {delimiter}
 # see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#multiline-strings
 delimiter=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid | tr -d '-')
-echo "changelog<<$delimiter" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "changelog<<$delimiter" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
 if [ -n "$flags" ]; then
     output=$(oasdiff changelog "$base" "$revision" $flags)
@@ -41,19 +44,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$output" ]; then
-    # github-action limits output to 1MB
-    # we count bytes because unicode has multibyte characters
-    size=$(echo "$output" | wc -c)
-    if [ "$size" -ge "1000000" ]; then
-        echo "WARN: changelog exceeds the 1MB limit, truncating output..." >&2
-        output=$(echo "$output" | head -c 1000000)
-    fi
-    echo "$output" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    write_output "$output"
 else
-    echo "No changelog changes" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    write_output "No changelog changes"
 fi
 
-echo "$delimiter" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "$delimiter" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
 # *** github action step output ***
 

common/common.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+write_output () {
+    local output="$1"
+    if [ -n "$output_to_file" ]; then
+        local file_output="$2"
+        if [ -z "$file_output" ]; then
+            file_output=$output
+        fi
+        echo "$file_output" >> "$output_to_file"
+    fi
+    # github-action limits output to 1MB
+    # we count bytes because unicode has multibyte characters
+    size=$(echo "$output" | wc -c)
+    if [ "$size" -ge "1000000" ]; then
+        echo "WARN: diff exceeds the 1MB limit, truncating output..." >&2
+        output=$(echo "$output" | head -c 1000000)
+    fi
+    echo "$output" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+}

diff/action.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Run in composed mode'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  output-to-file:
+    description: 'Output to a file at the given path'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 outputs:
   diff:
     description: 'Output summary of API diff'
@@ -41,3 +45,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.include-path-params }}
     - ${{ inputs.exclude-elements }}
     - ${{ inputs.composed }}
+    - ${{ inputs.output-to-file }}