Merge pull request #43 from F21/support-exporting-as-environment-vari…

…ables

Support exporting as environment variables

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -23,3 +23,17 @@ jobs:
     - uses: ./
       with:
         path: ./fixtures/.env
+
+  test-export:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: ./
+      with:
+        path: ./fixtures/.env
+        export-variables: true
+    - run: |
+        if [ "$fixtures_1" != "123" ]; then
+          echo "Variables not exported"
+          exit 1
+        fi

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Log variables after reading from the `.env` file.
 
 Mask values after reading from the `.env` file.
 
+### `export-variables`
+
+Export values as environment variables in addition to storing them in the output after reading from the `.env` file.
+
 ## Outputs
 
 ### `generic`

action.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'whether to mask the variables as secrets or not'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  export-variables:
+    description: 'whether to export the variables to the environment or not'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
 outputs:
   generic: # output will be available to future steps 
     description: 'This command will have generic output variables based on .env'

index.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ try {
   const logVariables = core.getInput('log-variables').toLowerCase() === 'true';
   const maskVariables =
     core.getInput('mask-variables').toLowerCase() === 'true';
+  const exportVariables =
+      core.getInput('export-variables').toLowerCase() === 'true';
   const variables = dotenvAction(dotenvFile, logVariables);
 
   if (maskVariables) {
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ try {
   for (const key in variables) {
     const value = variables[key];
     core.setOutput(key, value);
+
+    if (exportVariables) {
+      core.exportVariable(key, value);
+    }
   }
 } catch (error) {
   core.setFailed(error.message);