actions-set-output

⚠️ It is probably best to use the ::set-output workflow command instead of using this action.

I always forget how to set output in steps, so this is a helper action for setting outputs. There's probably several actions like this already.

This action is a wrapper around the dotenv gem, so anything that would be valid in a .env file is valid for the variables input.

Usage

- uses: spenserblack/actions-set-output@<commit-ish>
  id: output-step
  with:
    variables: |
      FOO=BAR
      VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
- run: echo "FOO is ${{ steps.output-step.outputs.FOO }}"
- run: echo "version is ${{ steps.output-step.outputs.VERSION }}"

Windows and MacOS runners

This action is a Docker action, which currently can only run on Linux runners. To work around this, you can use the outputs from a Linux job in a Windows or MacOS job.

jobs:
  make-outputs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      FOO: ${{ steps.output-step.outputs.FOO }}
      VERSION: ${{ steps.output-step.outputs.VERSION }}
    steps:
      - uses: spenserblack/actions-set-output@<commit-ish>
        id: output-step
        with:
          variables: |
            FOO=BAR
            VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
  main-job:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    needs: [make-outputs]
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
    steps:
      - run: echo "FOO is ${{ needs.make-outputs.outputs.FOO }}"
      - run: echo "version is ${{ needs.make-outputs.outputs.VERSION }}"