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Apr 13, 2021 at 05:22
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It's not easy to display a log file nicely in a browser. The file might be huge. Users expect to be able to link to lines. It might have colour or control codes. I've been pretty impressed with the GitHub actions UI, compared with other CI tools.
How GitHub Actions renders large-scale logs
How GitHub Actions renders large-scale logs
Rendering logs in a web UI might seem simple: they are just lines of plain text. However, there are a lot of additional features that make them more useful to our users.

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