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fierro on Jan 24, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub Actions by Example

the most bizarre thing about GH actions is the I/O mechanic where you produce outputs by executing `echo ::set-output name=<name>::<value>.`

donatj on Jan 24, 2022 | [–]

Agreed, the whole inline-signaling aspect of that makes me a little uncomfortable.

tailspin2019 on Jan 25, 2022 | [–]

This sort of thing is pretty common in many CI tools, so I wouldn’t call it bizarre exactly. Or unique to GH.

I agree that it’s a bit inelegant though.

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