test: try logging refs

Author: buenos-nachos

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       actor: ${{ github.actor }}
+      base_ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+      head_ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Feeling cute. Might (aka should) delete later
-        run: git branch --show-current
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:

cmd/github/github.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Package github provides utilities to make it easier to deal with various
+// GitHub APIs
+package github
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	actionsActorKey   = "actor"
+	actionsBaseRefKey = "base_ref"
+	actionsHeadRefKey = "head_ref"
+)
+
+// ActionsActor returns the username of the GitHub user who triggered the
+// current CI run as part of GitHub Actions. The value must be loaded into the
+// env as part of the Github Actions YAML file, or else the function fails.
+func ActionsActor() (string, error) {
+	username := os.Getenv(actionsActorKey)
+	if username == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("value for %q is not in env. Please update the CI script to load the value in during CI", actionsActorKey)
+	}
+	return username, nil
+}
+
+// ActionsRefs returns the name of the head ref and the base ref for current CI
+// run, in that order. Both values must be loaded into the env as part of the
+// GitHub Actions YAML file, or else the function fails.
+func ActionsRefs() (string, string, error) {
+	baseRef := os.Getenv(actionsBaseRefKey)
+	headRef := os.Getenv(actionsHeadRefKey)
+	fmt.Println("Base ref: ", baseRef)
+	fmt.Println("Head ref: ", headRef)
+
+	return "", "", errors.New("we ain't ready yet")
+}