add output

.github/workflows/reusable.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,20 @@ on:
         required: true # should workflow fail if we are not getting this input
         default: dist # if we won't receive an input value, we will use this default
         type: string  # input type, number, string, boolean, etc.
+    outputs:
+      my-result:  # return value of the function
+        value: ${{ jobs.deploy.outputs.my-outcome }} # output value
+        description: Some output
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    #secrets:
+      #some-secret:
+        #required: false
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
+    outputs:
+      my-outcome: ${{ steps.set-result.outputs.my-step-result }} # output value
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Get build artifacts
@@ -19,4 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: List files
         run: ls
       - name: Deploy
-        run: echo "Deploying something..."
+        run: echo "Deploying something..."
+      - name: Set output
+        id: set-result
+        run: echo "::set-output name=my-step-result::success" # output value

.github/workflows/use-reuse.yml

@@ -66,12 +66,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: dist-files
           path: dist
+
   deploy:
     needs: build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable.yml # Reusable workflow
     with:
       my-artifact-name: dist-files # function params, e.g. here - dist-files
+    #secrets:
+        #some-secret: ${{ secrets.SOME_SECRET }} # secret function params
 
+  print-deploy-result:
+    needs: deploy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Output deploy result
+        run: echo "${{ needs.deploy.outputs.my-result }} # function return value
   report:
     needs: [lint, deploy] # first and last of the sequence (lint is parallel). Important for IF statement to work, otherwise report will run in parallel and won't do the trick
     if: failure()