Mattias Karlsson (he/him)Nov 13

🛸 Tomorrow at 12:00 am
in Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08:00)
/ 9:00 am my time (CET)

I'll be speaking @dotnet Conf about using .NET file-based apps for your GitHub Actions DevOps workflow, using C# instead of YAML, for a more joyful experience🚀

https://www.youtube.com/@dotnet/live

#dotnet #devops #csharp

Show threadbitbonkNov 13
@devlead @dotnet @bot Ever since I heard what you plan to do with that Cake SDK and file-based apps on #dotnetrocks, this is my most anticipated talk at this year's #dotnetconf. I won't be able to watch it live but three hours later. I hope I'll still be able to ask questions. (We are in the same time zone, it seems).
Show threadMattias Karlsson (he/him)Nov 14
@bitbonk @dotnet @bot fire away questions, hard to fit everything in 25 minutes, so won't be able to cover everything the Sdk provides.
Show threadbitbonkNov 14
@devlead Having a small YAML files is great but there is a (somewhat minor) downside to having just one build step: The build output in the web UI is just one long stream of text and not so nicely structured in separate steps. Is there a way around this, maybe with an addin or module?
Show threadMattias Karlsson (he/him)Nov 14
@bitbonk actually it doesn't need to be, if you add the buildsystem module you'll get folded logs, example:
https://github.com/cake-build/cakesdk-example/actions/runs/19280649637/job/55130822395
Show threadbitbonkNov 14

@devlead yes that folding is nice, but having actual steps with each their own log and status would be slightly cooler.

Potentially, could I write a tool (module?) that analyzes the Task-graph and generate a more detailed YAML file that calls the tasks individually?

Show threadMattias Karlsson (he/him)

@bitbonk maybe, but would probably add perf issues. If you want, I would probably create a job summary instead, maybe something the build system module could add

https://cakebuild.net/api/Cake.Common.Build.GitHubActions.Commands/GitHubActionsCommands/599C2EFA

Example result here
https://github.com/cake-build/cake/actions/runs/19279090106/attempts/1#summary-55125919175

Example usage
https://github.com/cake-build/cake/blob/cc71d61e16a12cf170aff99d0c6dac08627df654/tests/integration/Cake.Common/Build/GitHubActions/GitHubActionsProvider.cake#L93-L110

It's markdown, so you could create an ✅❌ table fairly easily.

Cake - API - GitHubActionsCommands.SetStepSummary(string) Method

Nov 14 at 1:00pmWeb
Show threadbitbonkNov 14
@devlead ah that's cool, can we do something similar in Azure DevOps?