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fix(apply-repo-settings): surface full API error body via step summary #63

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22 changes: 21 additions & 1 deletion .github/actions/apply-repo-settings/action.sh
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Expand Up @@ -66,7 +66,27 @@ api() {
rm -f "$resp_file"

if [[ "$http_code" -lt 200 || "$http_code" -ge 300 ]]; then
echo "::error::API $method $path failed (HTTP $http_code): $resp_body" >&2
# Single-line annotation: GitHub truncates at the first newline, which on a
# JSON body lands at the first `{` — losing every useful field. Compact via
# jq when possible so the annotation carries the full message.
local compact_body="$resp_body"
if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
compact_body=$(echo "$resp_body" | jq -c . 2>/dev/null) || compact_body="$resp_body"
fi
echo "::error::API $method $path failed (HTTP $http_code): $compact_body" >&2
# Also surface the *pretty* body in the step summary (readable in the
# job page AND via /actions/jobs/{id} → output.summary in the API).
if [[ -n "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY:-}" ]]; then
{
echo "### API failure: $method $path"
echo
echo "**HTTP $http_code**"
echo
echo '```json'
echo "$resp_body"
echo '```'
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
fi
return 1
fi

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