Adding support for an output file instead of json string (which can b…

…ecome to big)

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/powershell
+{
+	"name": "PowerShell",
+	// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:lts-debian-11",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
+			"installZsh": "true",
+			"username": "vscode",
+			"upgradePackages": "false",
+			"nonFreePackages": "true"
+		},
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {}
+	},
+
+	"postCreateCommand": "sudo chsh vscode -s \"$(which pwsh)\"",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		// Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+		"vscode": {
+			// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+			"settings": { 
+				"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "pwsh"
+			},
+
+			// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-vscode.powershell"
+			]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,22 @@ jobs:
             Write-Host "Found [$($actions.Length)] actions"
             Set-Content -Value "Found [$($actions.Length)] actions" -Path $env:GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          }
-            
+
+      - shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          # check the output file location to contain the expected content
+          Write-Host "Found actions file location here [${{ steps.load-actions.outputs.actions-file }}]"
+          $content = Get-Content -Path '${{ steps.load-actions.outputs.actions-file }}'
+          $actions = $content | ConvertFrom-Json
+          if ($actions.Length -le 0) {
+            Set-Content -Value "No actions found" -Path $env:GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            throw "No actions found"
+          } 
+          else {
+            Write-Host "Found [$($actions.Length)] actions"
+            Set-Content -Value "Found [$($actions.Length)] actions" -Path $env:GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          }
+
       - name: Upload result file as artefact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
         with: 

Src/PowerShell/entrypoint.ps1

@@ -28,9 +28,17 @@ function main {
     # wite the file outside of the container so we can pick it up
     Write-Host "Found [$($actions.Count)] actions "
     #Write-Verbose $actions | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
-    $jsonObject = ($actions | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 -Compress)
-    Set-Content -Value "actions='$jsonObject'" -Path $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    $jsonObject = ($actions | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10 -Compress)    
+    Set-Content -Value "$jsonObject" -Path $filePath
+
+    # store the json in a file and write the path to the output variable
+    $filePath = $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/used-actions.json
+    Set-Content -Value "actions-file='$filePath'" -Path $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
     Write-Host "Stored actions in the actions output. Use $${{ steps.<step id>.outputs.actions }} in next action to load the json"
+    Write-Host "Stored actions file in the actions output. Use $${{ steps.<step id>.outputs.actions-file }} in next action to load the file"
+
+    # write json content to output variable for backward compatibility (this used to be the only way to get the json)
+    Set-Content -Value "actions='$jsonObject'" -Path $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
 }
 
 try {

action.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   actions:
     description: 'List of all actions used in the organization'  
+  actions-file:
+    description: 'Location of the file containing the list of all actions used in the organization'
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'