Hopefully adds proper annotations to the regex linter

.github/workflows/ci_suite.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Run Check Regex
         run: |
-          tools/bootstrap/python -m ci.check_regex --log-changes-only
+          tools/bootstrap/python -m ci.check_regex --log-changes-only --github-actions
       - name: Annotate Regex Matches
         if: always()
         run: |

tools/ci/check_regex.py

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
         modification, or removal. Good if you want to track down errors
         caused by commit or PR changes.
 
+    --github-actions
+        An output option to format the output in a way that Github Actions
+        can parse and show as annotations in the PR.
+
 Copyright 2021 Martin Lyrå
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
@@ -99,6 +103,12 @@
     dest="log_changes_only",
     default=False,
     action="store_true")
+options.add_argument(
+    "--github-actions",
+    dest="github_actions",
+    default=False,
+    action="store_true"
+)
 
 args = options.parse_args()
 
@@ -790,9 +800,25 @@ def git_get_detached_head_ref(head: Head, ref_info: str) -> str:
                     show_items.append("Current (%4i): %s" % (len(matches), matches))
                 if len(adds):
                     show_items.append("+++++++ (%4i): %s" % (len(adds), adds))
+                    #Github actions annotations
+                    if args.github_actions and matching != RESULT_OK:
+                        for line_no in adds:
+                            output_write("::error file=%s,line=%i,title=Check Regex::%s added to here, remove or update check_regex.yml" % (
+                                f,
+                                line_no,
+                                standard.message
+                            ), to_stdout=True, to_file=False)
                     inner_prefix = prefix
                 if len(removes):
                     show_items.append("------- (%4i): %s" % (len(removes), removes))
+                    #Github actions annotations
+                    if args.github_actions and matching != RESULT_OK:
+                        for line_no in removes:
+                            output_write("::error file=%s,line=%i,title=Check Regex::%s removed from here, update check_regex.yml" % (
+                                f,
+                                line_no,
+                                standard.message
+                            ), to_stdout=True, to_file=False)
                     inner_prefix = prefix
 
                 lines.append("%2s %s" % ("\u2500\u252C", f))
@@ -898,4 +924,4 @@ def git_get_detached_head_ref(head: Head, ref_info: str) -> str:
     output_file.close()
     output_file = None
 
-    exit(failure > 0 or fail_files > 0)
+    exit(failure > 0 or fail_files > 0)