feat: expose written metadata as write action outputs#3
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Add `data` (post-merge stringified value) and `changed` (whether the PR body was updated) outputs to the write action, mirroring how read exposes its result. Document them in the README and assert them in the write self-test workflow.
tests-read and tests-write each do a whole-body read-modify-write on the same PR description. Running on separate pull_request triggers made them race and clobber each other's seeded markers. Convert both to reusable workflow_call workflows and add a tests orchestrator that chains them with `needs` so they run sequentially.
pulls.update is not immediately consistent, so a pulls.get a couple of seconds later can hit a stale replica and miss the just-seeded marker. Sleep 10s before each read-back (and before the merge step, which also re-reads the body) so the self-tests stop flaking on API propagation lag.
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Summary
dataandchangedoutputs to thewriteaction.datais the stringified value actually persisted (after the shallow merge whenmerge: "true"), andchangedreports whether the PR body was updated.readalready exposesresult/has-metadata, and is the most reliable way for callers to learn the effective stored value of a merge write without reading the body back.merge.datadeep-equals what a subsequentreadreturns.Test plan
tests-writeworkflow passes on this PR (assertsseed/mergeoutputs and the merge→read round-trip).tests-readworkflow still passes.