feat: show Renovate CLI version more prominently in logs#983
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As noted in #969, it would be useful to have a more prominent output in the logs to indicate the version of the Renovate CLI being used. This would help with both personal debugging (for administrators of the GitHub Action) and for raising issues upstream. To do this, we can call the `--version` on the CLI, capture the output and report it back to the user. By using a Notice annotation, we can then make it more visible at the job- and step-level. We can then also wrap it in a `group`, so it's hidden in its own expandable group (with timing information). Closes #969.
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Example: https://github.com/renovatebot/github-action/actions/runs/20229280729 (there are 4 notices due to it running 2 parallel tests, which each run Renovate 2 times) 
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| async runDockerContainerForVersion(): Promise<string> { | ||
| const command = `docker run -t --rm ${this.docker.image()} --version`; | ||
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| const { exitCode, stdout } = await getExecOutput(command); |
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interesting, the docker pull output isn't in stdout 🤔
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It's hidden in the group: https://github.com/renovatebot/github-action/actions/runs/20229280729/job/58068122909#step:6:18
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As noted in #969, it would be useful to have a more prominent output in
the logs to indicate the version of the Renovate CLI being used.
This would help with both personal debugging (for administrators of the
GitHub Action) and for raising issues upstream.
To do this, we can call the
--versionon the CLI, capture the outputand report it back to the user.
By using a Notice annotation, we can then make it more visible at the
job- and step-level.
We can then also wrap it in a
group, so it's hidden in its ownexpandable group (with timing information).
Closes #969.