How to associate status of a Github action workflow with a commit or PR - github

Question

I have a Github action workflow which is set to trigger on issue_comment, for example the following
name: Testing actions
on:
issue_comment:
types: [created, edited]
jobs:
testing-actions:
if: github.event.issue.pull_request && contains(github.event.comment.body, '#test')
name: Just testing
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: xt0rted/pull-request-comment-branch#v1
id: comment-branch
- uses: actions/checkout#v3
with:
ref: ${{ steps.comment-branch.outputs.head_ref }}
- name: Print stuff
run: echo "Hello dudes!"
The workflow is working, it is getting triggered when I comment "#test" on a PR. But I have to check it from the actions tab, the workflow doesn't get associated with any commit or PR, so it doesn't get shown in the checks tab in the PR, or the commits don't show any commit status.
How do I get the workflow status and details in the PR page, so that I don't have to go to actions tab manually to see the results?

Answer 1

I solved this by manually setting the commit status using #myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action. The workflow file ended up being like the following
name: Testing actions
on:
issue_comment:
types: [created, edited]
jobs:
testing-actions:
if: github.event.issue.pull_request && contains(github.event.comment.body, '#test')
name: Just testing
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Get PR details
uses: xt0rted/pull-request-comment-branch#v1
id: comment-branch
- name: Set commit status as pending
uses: myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action#master
with:
sha: ${{ steps.comment-branch.outputs.head_sha }}
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
status: pending
- uses: actions/checkout#v3
with:
ref: ${{ steps.comment-branch.outputs.head_ref }}
- name: Print stuff
run: echo "Hello dudes!"
- name: Set final commit status
uses: myrotvorets/set-commit-status-action#master
if: always()
with:
sha: ${{ steps.comment-branch.outputs.head_sha }}
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
status: ${{ job.status }}
This works pretty well, the workflow runs get associated with the PR's head commit, and thus it shows up on the PR page as a check too. Thanks #rethab for the alpha.