Deno should be run with colored terminal logging output turned off

[grempe]

Logging of Deno errors on Github Actions tabs currenty logs Deno output with messy colored terminal output that can't be rendered in the github log tailing UI.

https://share.getcloudapp.com/GGuWQrnk

The deno command should be run with color disabled as described in the docs here:

https://deno.land/manual/getting_started/setup_your_environment#environmental-variables

[irealva]

Thanks for suggesting this.

Quick question: so we have the --allow-env flag enabled in our Deno run command. Are you not able to create an environment secret in your GitHub repo running the action with the variable name NO_COLOR and set to true? Does this not work?

[grempe]

The point is that deno should always be run without colored terminal output in the context of a Github action.

Not only if the developer pushing action code is aware of how to work around it. So IMHO it should be the default for flat