Add dist output

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           path: action
 
       - uses: ./action
+        id: baipp
         with:
           path: structlog
+
+      - run: echo Packages can be found at ${{ steps.baipp.outputs.dist }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased](/~https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/compare/v1.1...main)
 
+### Added
+
+- The location of the built packages is now returned using the `dist` output.
 
 ## [1.1](/~https://github.com/hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package/compare/v1.0...v1.1)
 

README.md

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ This action provides the following functionality for GitHub Actions users that a
 This way you can make package verification part of your CI.
 If you package an **application** as a Python package, this action is useful to double-check you're shipping everything you need, including all templates, translation files, et cetera.
 
-If you want to perform more checks againt the built packages in the CI, you can find them in `/tmp/baipp-out/`.
-
 > **Note**
 > This action does **not** upload your package to PyPI.
 
@@ -37,6 +35,10 @@ The action will run [*setup-python*](/~https://github.com/actions/setup-python) wi
 
 - `path`: the location of the Python package to build (default: `.`).
 
+### Outputs
+
+- `dist`: the location with the built packages.
+
 
 ## License
 

action.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Where to look for the Python package to inspect.
     required: false
     default: .
+outputs:
+  dist:
+    description: The location of the built packages.
+    value: ${{ steps.setter.outputs.dist }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -31,6 +35,11 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.path }}
 
+    - name: Set output
+      id: setter
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "::set-output name=dist::/tmp/baipp-out/"
+
     # Give user overview over what we've built.
     - run: ls -l /tmp/baipp-out
       shell: bash