Return plain output from task

[Propaganistas]

Hello

I'm looking for a way to execute a single task and return its plain output.

Instead of this:

task mytask
[host] task output

I just want this:

task output 

Use case: I need GitHub Actions to execute a task that reads something on the remote host. The GitHub Action workflow subsequently needs the task's output to determine how to continue. It's currently cumbersome to extract the actual output. If returned plain, I could just assign the output to a variable as-is:

echo "TASK_RESULT=$(dep mytask)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

[antonmedv]

I think there is no easy way to do it right now. I will think of an API to do it.

[Propaganistas]

How about a flag to indicate if raw output is preferred?

dep mytask --raw

[antonmedv]

Yes, something like this. Maybe --no-headers?

[Propaganistas]

Anything would help me!