output created flag

.github/workflows/test-run.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: alehechka/action-create-branch@feature/output-create-status
+        id: branch
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           branch: test/output
+
+      - run: echo "${{ steps.branch.outputs.created }}"

action.yml

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ name: 'Create Branch'
 description: 'Creates a branch'
 author: 'Peter Grainger (peter@grainger)'
 branding:
-  icon: 'git-branch' 
+  icon: 'git-branch'
   color: 'green'
 inputs:
   branch:
     description: 'The branch to create'
     default: 'release-candidate'
   sha:
     description: 'The SHA1 value for the branch reference'
+outputs:
+  created:
+    description: 'Boolean value representing whether or not a new branch was created.'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

dist/index.js

@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ function run() {
             const branch = core.getInput('branch');
             const sha = core.getInput('sha');
             core.debug(`Creating branch ${branch}`);
-            yield (0, create_branch_1.createBranch)(github_1.getOctokit, github_1.context, branch, sha);
+            const isCreated = yield (0, create_branch_1.createBranch)(github_1.getOctokit, github_1.context, branch, sha);
+            core.setOutput('created', Boolean(isCreated));
         }
         catch (error) {
             core.setFailed(error.message);
@@ -5743,6 +5744,7 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 exports.createBranch = void 0;
 function createBranch(getOctokit, context, branch, sha) {
+    var _a;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const toolkit = getOctokit(githubToken());
         // Sometimes branch might come in with refs/heads already
@@ -5754,7 +5756,7 @@ function createBranch(getOctokit, context, branch, sha) {
         catch (error) {
             if (error.name === 'HttpError' && error.status === 404) {
                 const resp = yield toolkit.rest.git.createRef(Object.assign({ ref: `refs/heads/${branch}`, sha: sha || context.sha }, context.repo));
-                console.log('Create Ref Response:', JSON.stringify(resp));
+                return ((_a = resp === null || resp === void 0 ? void 0 : resp.data) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.ref) === branch;
             }
             else {
                 throw Error(error);

src/create-branch.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export async function createBranch(getOctokit: any, context: Context, branch: st
 				sha: sha || context.sha,
 				...context.repo,
 			});
-			console.log('Create Ref Response:', JSON.stringify(resp));
+
+			return resp?.data?.ref === branch;
 		} else {
 			throw Error(error);
 		}

src/main.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
-import { getOctokit, context} from '@actions/github'
+import { getOctokit, context } from '@actions/github';
 import { createBranch } from './create-branch';
 
 async function run() {
-  try {
-    const branch = core.getInput('branch');
-    const sha = core.getInput('sha');
-    core.debug(`Creating branch ${branch}`);
-    await createBranch(getOctokit, context, branch, sha)
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    core.setFailed(error.message);
-  }
+	try {
+		const branch = core.getInput('branch');
+		const sha = core.getInput('sha');
+		core.debug(`Creating branch ${branch}`);
+		const isCreated = await createBranch(getOctokit, context, branch, sha);
+		core.setOutput('created', Boolean(isCreated));
+	} catch (error: any) {
+		core.setFailed(error.message);
+	}
 }
 run();