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Section: Artifacts and GitHub CLI

Upload build output as an artifact

yaml
yaml
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: build-output
    path: dist/
Explanation

Artifacts are great for test reports, build outputs, logs, and release bundles.

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