Add CI-specific pants config file

Author: cognifloyd

.github/actions/pants-init/action.yaml

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ runs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-pants-${{ inputs.gha-cache-key }}-${{ steps.pants-cache-commit.outputs.MERGEBASE }}
           ${{ runner.os }}-pants-${{ inputs.gha-cache-key }}-
 
+    - name: Tell pants to use CI config
+      run: |
+        echo "PANTS_CONFIG_FILES=pants.ci.toml" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
     - name: Bootstrap Pants
       run: |
         ./pants --version

pants.ci.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This config is for CI. It extends the config in pants.toml.
+# See https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/using-pants-in-ci
+
+[GLOBAL]
+# Colors often work in CI, but the shell is usually not a TTY so Pants
+# doesn't attempt to use them by default.
+colors = true
+
+[stats]
+# "print metrics of your cache's performance at the end of the run,
+# including the number of cache hits and the total time saved thanks
+# to caching"
+log = true