refactor: try to condense the action in fewer steps

This should make it easier to debug/maintain.

scripts/utils.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ error() {
   log "\e[0;31m[WARN]:" "$@" "\e[0m"
 }
 
+panic() {
+  error "$@"
+  exit 1
+}
+
 group() {
   echo "::group::$1"
 }