feat(ci): Enhance CodeQL action to output installed CLI version

Author: GeekMasher

.github/actions/install-codeql/action.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ inputs:
   codeql-cli-version:
     description: |
       The version of the CodeQL CLI to be downloaded.
+outputs:
+  codeql-cli-version:
+    description: "The version of the CodeQL CLI that was installed or retrieved from cache"
+    value: ${{ steps.install-codeql.outputs.codeql-cli-version }}
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ runs:
         key: codeql-home-${{ inputs.codeql-cli-version }}
 
     - name: Install CodeQL
+      id: install-codeql
       if: steps.cache-codeql.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       shell: bash
       env:
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ runs:
 
         popd
         echo "Done."
+        echo "codeql-cli-version=${CODEQL_CLI_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Add CodeQL to the PATH
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup CodeQL
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true'
+        id: install-codeql
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-codeql
-        with:
-          codeql-cli-version: ${{ env.CODEQL_CLI_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Install Packs
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          CODEQL_CLI_VERSION: ${{ env.CODEQL_CLI_VERSION }}
+          CODEQL_CLI_VERSION: ${{ steps.install-codeql.outputs.codeql-cli-version }}
         run: |
           gh repo clone github/codeql -- -b codeql-cli-${CODEQL_CLI_VERSION} # to make stubs available for tests
           codeql pack install "${{ matrix.language }}/lib"
@@ -247,5 +246,3 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           ./.github/scripts/pr-configs.sh "${{ github.event.number }}"
-
-

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  CODEQL_CLI_VERSION: 2.20.1
 
 jobs:
   queries:
@@ -42,8 +40,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup CodeQL
         if: steps.check_version.outputs.publish == 'true'
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-codeql
-        with:
-          codeql-cli-version: ${{ env.CODEQL_CLI_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Publish codeql-LANG-queries (src) pack.
         if: steps.check_version.outputs.publish == 'true'