The new nixf-tidy provides a great example of how nixpkgs-check-by-name can level up. It uses GitHub’s workflow message feature to render error messages in the ‘Files changed’ overview, directly below the lines with errors.
Check an example here: workflows/check-nixf-tidy.yml: by Aleksanaa · Pull Request #1 · Aleksanaa/nixpkgs · GitHub 41.
We should do the same thing when run from CI. The current output is great for terminal use cases; this output is better for CI.
The new nixf-tidy provides a great example of how
nixpkgs-check-by-namecan level up. It uses GitHub’s workflow message feature to render error messages in the ‘Files changed’ overview, directly below the lines with errors.Check an example here: workflows/check-nixf-tidy.yml: by Aleksanaa · Pull Request #1 · Aleksanaa/nixpkgs · GitHub 41.
We should do the same thing when run from CI. The current output is great for terminal use cases; this output is better for CI.