# Beautiful test output for go tests This action uses [gotestfmt](https://github.com/haveyoudebuggedit/gotestfmt) to create a beautifully formatted test output in GitHub Actions. ## Usage You can use gotestfmt with the following configuration: ```yaml jobs: build: name: Test runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: # Checkout your project with git - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v2 # Install Go on the VM running the action. - name: Set up Go uses: actions/setup-go@v2 with: go-version: 1.16 # Install gotestfmt on the VM running the action. - name: Set up gotestfmt uses: haveyoudebuggedit/gotestfmt-action@v1 with: # Optional: pass GITHUB_TOKEN to avoid rate limiting. token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Optional: pass the gotestfmt version you want to run. version: v1.0.0 # Optional: pass an organization name and repo to use a fork org: haveyoudebuggedit repo: gotestfmt # Run tests with nice formatting. Save the original log in /tmp/gotest.log - name: Run tests run: | set -euo pipefail go test -v ./... 2>&1 | tee /tmp/gotest.log | gotestfmt # Upload the original go test log as an artifact for later review. - name: Upload test log uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2 if: always() with: name: test-log path: /tmp/gotest.log if-no-files-found: error ``` For more information about gotestfmt please see the [gotestfmt](https://github.com/haveyoudebuggedit/gotestfmt) repository.