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gotestfmt: go test output for humans

⚠️ Action required: gotestfmt has moved to the GoTestTools organization and you need to update your references. Please see the announcement. The old repository will be deleted on January 1, 2023.

This action uses gotestfmt to create a beautifully formatted test output in GitHub Actions.

Usage

You can use gotestfmt with the following configuration:

jobs:
  build:
    name: Test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # Checkout your project with git
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # Install Go on the VM running the action.
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
          go-version: 1.16

      # Install gotestfmt on the VM running the action.
      - name: Set up gotestfmt
        uses: GoTestTools/gotestfmt-action@v2
        with:
          # Optional: pass GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate limiting.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # Optional: pass the gotestfmt version you want to run. 
          version: v2.0.0
          # Optional: pass an organization name and repo to use a fork
          org: GoTestTools
          repo: gotestfmt

      # Run tests with nice formatting. Save the original log in /tmp/gotest.log
      - name: Run tests
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          go test -json -v ./... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/gotest.log | gotestfmt

      # Upload the original go test log as an artifact for later review.
      - name: Upload test log
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        if: always()
        with:
          name: test-log
          path: /tmp/gotest.log
          if-no-files-found: error

For more information about gotestfmt please see the gotestfmt repository.