:octocat: 🚀 GitHub Environment Variables Action

A GitHub Action to expose useful environment variables.

Environment Variables exposed by this Action

Environment Variable Name	Description	Example value
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_SLUG	The slug of the owner and repository name (i.e. slug of FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action).	franzdiebold-github-env-vars-action
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER	The owner of the repository.	FranzDiebold
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG	The slug of the owner of the repository.	franzdiebold
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME	The name of the repository.	github-env-vars-action
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the name of the repository.	github-env-vars-action
GITHUB_REF_SLUG	The slug of the branch or tag ref that triggered the workflow (i.e. slug of refs/heads/feat/feature-branch-1). If neither a branch or tag is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	refs-heads-feat-feature-branch-1
GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME	The branch name that triggered the workflow. For pull requests it is the head branch name.	feat/feature-branch-1
GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the branch name that triggered the workflow. For pull requests it is the slug of the head branch name.	feat-feature-branch-1
GITHUB_REF_NAME	The branch or tag name that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch or tag is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	feat/feature-branch-1
GITHUB_REF_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the branch or tag name that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch or tag is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	feat-feature-branch-1
GITHUB_HEAD_REF_SLUG	The slug of the head branch name. Only set for event type pull request or forked repositories.	feat-feature-branch-1
GITHUB_BASE_REF_SLUG	The slug of the base branch name. Only set for event type pull request or forked repositories.	main
GITHUB_SHA_SHORT	The shortened commit SHA (8 characters) that triggered the workflow.	ffac537e

The slugified values are designed to be used in a URL.

Default Environment Variables exposed by GitHub

For a full list of default environment variables exposed by GitHub see https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/environment-variables#default-environment-variables.

Environment Variable Name	Description	Example value
GITHUB_ACTOR	The name of the person or app that initiated the workflow.	octocat
GITHUB_REPOSITORY	The owner and repository name.	FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action
GITHUB_SHA	The commit SHA that triggered the workflow.	ffac537e6cbbf934b08745a378932722df287a53
GITHUB_REF	The branch or tag ref that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch or tag is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	refs/heads/feat/feature-branch-1
GITHUB_HEAD_REF	Only set for forked repositories / pull request. The branch of the head repository / the head branch name.	feat/feature-branch-1
GITHUB_BASE_REF	Only set for forked repositories / pull request. The branch of the base repository / the base branch name.	main

🚀 Example usage

steps:
  - uses: FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action@v1.3.0
  - name: Print environment variables
    run: |
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_SLUG=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME"
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_REF_SLUG=$GITHUB_REF_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME=$GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME"
      echo "GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME_SLUG=$GITHUB_BRANCH_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME=$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
      echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME_SLUG=$GITHUB_REF_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_HEAD_REF_SLUG=$GITHUB_HEAD_REF_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_BASE_REF_SLUG=$GITHUB_BASE_REF_SLUG"
      echo "GITHUB_SHA_SHORT=$GITHUB_SHA_SHORT"      

Demo

A demo for all Operating systems (Linux, macOS and Windows) is also available in the demo workflows file of this repository!