Have an ability to change pulumi cli version

[XBeg9]

actions/src/main.ts

Line 14 in 0aa3bec

const pulumiVersion = '^3';

Is there a specific reason why we can't control pulumi cli version?

[stack72]

Hi @XBeg9

So the use of the CLI internally to the actions is purely an implementation detail based on the fact that the action uses the automation api. The automation api needs the cli and it's kinda coupled with it. If you try and use the automation api with a non-compatible version of the cli then an error can occur

So we are coupling the version of the automation api with the version of the cli

If you feel this is bad practice then we can change it but it would still need to be the default version that is coupled.

Paul

[Place1]

I've experienced bugs in minor/patch releases of the Pulumi CLI. It's not fun but it's something that happens to all software.

It'd be great if the action allowed users to specify which CLI version they need to work around bugs :)

[simenandre]

We could check if the user-defined version is within the range the action requires. This could be something the end user sees as a warning?

What do you guys think, @Place1 and @stack72?

[RobbieMcKinstry]

I'm suggesting we add a warning to check if the requested version is beneath v3 in this PR.