Improve build output visibility in GitHub Actions workflow

Author: Michael Kaiser

.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml

@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ jobs:
             echo "Build Path $file"
 
             # Run the build script for the current language, passing the project directory and extra path
-            echo "::group::$file"
-            if ../scripts/build-${language}.sh "$file" > "$log_file" 2>&1; then
-              echo "::endgroup::"
-              return 0
+            echo "::group::Building $file"
+            # Run the build command and capture output to both the log file and stdout
+            ../scripts/build-${language}.sh "$file" 2>&1 | tee "$log_file"
+            local exit_code=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+            
+            if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
+              echo "✅ Build succeeded for $file"
             else
-              local exit_code=$?
-              echo "::endgroup::"
-              echo "::group::Error details for $file"
-              cat "$log_file"
-              echo "::endgroup::"
+              echo "❌ Build failed for $file with exit code $exit_code"
               echo "::error::Build failed for $file with exit code $exit_code"
-              return $exit_code
             fi
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            return $exit_code
           }
 
           # Export the build_file function for use in parallel
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ jobs:
 
           # Run the build_file function in parallel for each project to be built
           # Halt the execution if any of the build_file invocations fail
+          echo "::group::Build Output"
+          echo "Starting builds for all projects..."
           parallel --keep-order --halt-on-error 2 build_file ::: "${apps_to_build[@]}"
+          echo "::endgroup::"
 
           # Check the exit status of parallel
           parallel_exit=$?
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@ jobs:
 
           # If parallel failed, make sure the workflow fails too
           if [ $parallel_exit -ne 0 ]; then
-            echo "::error::One or more builds failed. See error details above."
+            echo "::error::One or more builds failed. See build output above for details."
             exit $parallel_exit
+          else
+            echo "✅ All builds completed successfully!"
           fi