🩹 [Patch]: Add 'ErrorView' input to configure PowerShell error display settings

Author: MariusStorhaug

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ To get started with your own GitHub PowerShell based action, [create a new repos
 | `Verbose`          | Enable verbose output.                                                    | false    | `'false'`             |
 | `Version`          | Specifies the exact version of the GitHub module to install.              | false    |                       |
 | `Prerelease`       | Allow prerelease versions if available.                                   | false    | `'false'`             |
+| `ErrorView`        | Configure the PowerShell `$ErrorView` variable. You can use full names ('NormalView', 'CategoryView', 'ConciseView', 'DetailedView'). It matches on partials. | false    | `'NormalView'`         |
 | `ShowInfo`         | Show information about the environment.                                   | false    | `'true'`              |
 | `ShowInit`         | Show information about the initialization.                                | false    | `'false'`             |
 | `ShowOutput`       | Show the script's output.                                                 | false    | `'false'`             |

action.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Show the output of the script.
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  ErrorView:
+    description: Configure the PowerShell `$ErrorView` variable. You can use full names ('NormalView', 'CategoryView', 'ConciseView', 'DetailedView'). It matches on partials.
+    required: false
+    default: 'NormalView'
   WorkingDirectory:
     description: The working directory where the script will run from.
     required: false
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ runs:
         PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_ShowInfo: ${{ inputs.ShowInfo }}
         PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_ShowOutput: ${{ inputs.ShowOutput }}
         PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_Prerelease: ${{ inputs.Prerelease }}
+        PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_ErrorView: ${{ inputs.ErrorView }}
       run: |
         # ${{ inputs.Name }}
         try {

scripts/init.ps1

@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ begin {
     $scriptName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
     Write-Debug "[$scriptName] - Start"
     $PSStyle.OutputRendering = 'Ansi'
+
+    # Configure ErrorView based on input parameter
+    if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($env:PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_ErrorView)) {
+        $validViews = @('NormalView', 'CategoryView', 'ConciseView', 'DetailedView')
+        $errorViewSetting = $env:PSMODULE_GITHUB_SCRIPT_INPUT_ErrorView
+
+        # Simply find the first validView that matches the input using wildcards
+        $matchedView = $validViews | Where-Object { $_ -like "*$errorViewSetting*" } | Select-Object -First 1
+
+        if ($matchedView) {
+            Write-Debug "[$scriptName] - Input [$errorViewSetting] matched with [$matchedView]"
+            $ErrorView = $matchedView
+        } else {
+            Write-Warning "[$scriptName] - Invalid ErrorView value: [$errorViewSetting]. Using default."
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 process {