GitHub Actions - workflow environment variable values dependent on environment

Question

I am looking to have a set of workflow level environment variables that take different values depending on the environment the workflow is running on. Below is how I am looking to do this:

name: Test workflow file

on:
  workflow_dispatch

env:
  GH_ENV_VAR: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'main') && 'prod' || contains(github.ref, 'feature-branch') && 'dev' || 'cert' }}
  GH_ENV_VARIABLE: ${{ env.GH_ENV_VAR == 'dev' && 'DEV' || 'DO NOT KNOW'}} 
  USER_ACCOUNT: sample
  WAREHOUSE: small

I am seeing the following error:

Invalid workflow file

The workflow is not valid. .github/workflows/workflow-file.yml (Line: 8, Col: 20): Unrecognized named-value: 'env'. Located at position 1 within expression: env.GH_ENV_VAR == 'dev' && 'DEV' || 'DO NOT KNOW'

Grzegorz Krukowski · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-21 19:49:37Z

1

You cannot use env. scope when creating env variables.

Even though it may look ok and you expect to have GH_ENV_VAR already there - it's not possible in workflows.

answered Apr 21, 2022 at 19:49

Grzegorz Krukowski

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Keith C Over a year ago

I found that a workaround of setting outputs in a setup job in all other jobs of a workflow works for me. I referred to documentation provided here: docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/defining-outputs-for-jobs

Cortex Over a year ago

Here's an example of the workaround implementation: github.com/orgs/community/discussions/…

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