@kp2099 This change should work but can we make it more in sync with other github actions we have?
They use the following method

outputs:
      go-version: ${{ steps.get-go-version.outputs.go-version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
      - name: 'Determine Go version'
        id: get-go-version
        # We use .go-version as our source of truth for current Go
        # version, because "goenv" can react to it automatically.
        run: |
          echo "Building with Go $(cat .go-version)"
          echo "go-version=$(cat .go-version)" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

Declare the go-version in a step, like we do it for packer-versionin the notify action, and use it.
Thought?

Wouldn't go.mod be more accurate since that's essentially the source of truth?

@kp2099 This change should work but can we make it more in sync with other github actions we have? They use the following method

outputs:
      go-version: ${{ steps.get-go-version.outputs.go-version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
      - name: 'Determine Go version'
        id: get-go-version
        # We use .go-version as our source of truth for current Go
        # version, because "goenv" can react to it automatically.
        run: |
          echo "Building with Go $(cat .go-version)"
          echo "go-version=$(cat .go-version)" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

Declare the go-version in a step, like we do it for packer-versionin the notify action, and use it. Thought?

I’m not sure why the extra step was added initially, but actions/setup-go already supports using a .go-version file as the source for the Go version.

Since go.mod and .go-version should ideally be in sync, we can simply point setup-go to the .go-version file:

      - uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
          go-version-file: '.go-version'

With this approach, there’s no need for a separate step just to read the Go version, the setup action handles it automatically.

I have tested it locally and here is a ref comment as well. And as @tenthirtyam pointed out go.mod should be the actual source of truth in my opinion

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