Add output for analyze action output path

Author: jsoref

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ See the [releases page](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/releases) for th
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
 - Improve the handling of fatal errors from the CodeQL CLI. [#1795](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/1795)
+- Add the `sarif-output` output to the analyze action that contains the path to the directory of the generated SARIF. [#1799](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/1799)
 
 ## 2.21.0 - 19 Jul 2023
 

analyze/action.yml

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   db-locations:
     description: A map from language to absolute path for each database created by CodeQL.
+  sarif-output:
+    description: Absolute, local path to the directory containing the generated SARIF file.
   sarif-id:
     description: The ID of the uploaded SARIF file.
 runs:

lib/analyze-action.js

@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ async function run() {
       dbLocations[language] = util.getCodeQLDatabasePath(config, language);
     }
     core.setOutput("db-locations", dbLocations);
+    core.setOutput("sarif-output", path.resolve(outputDir));
     const uploadInput = actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("upload");
     if (runStats && actionsUtil.getUploadValue(uploadInput) === "always") {
       uploadResult = await uploadLib.uploadFromActions(