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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Renders a list of xml files taken as arguments into GHA-styled messages in groups.
+# Explicitly aims not to have any dependencies, to reduce installation load.
+# Should just be able to run in the context of your standard github runner.
+
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+xmlfiles= sys.argv[1:]
+
+for xmlfile in xmlfiles:
+    tree = ET.parse(xmlfile)
+    
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    name = root.attrib['name']
+    name = root.attrib['time']
+    success = int(root.attrib['tests']) - int(root.attrib['failures']) - int(root.attrib['errors'])
+    total = int(root.attrib['tests']) - int(root.attrib['skipped'])
+    print(f"::group::{name} {success}/{total} in {time}")
+    
+    for testcase in root:
+        if testcase.tag != "testcase":
+            continue
+        testname = testcase.attrib['classname']
+        message = testcase.attrib['name']
+        time = testcase.attrib['time']
+        child = testcase.find("failure")
+        if child is None:
+            print(f"{message} in {time}s")
+        else:
+            print(f"::error file={testname}::{message} in {time}s")
+            print(child.text)
+    print("::endgroup::")