:octocat: 🚀 GitHub Environment Variables Action

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A GitHub Action to expose useful environment variables.

Environment Variables exposed by this Action

Environment Variable Name	Description	Example value
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER	The owner of the repository.	FranzDiebold
GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME	The name of the repository.	github-env-vars-action
GITHUB_REF_NAME	The branch name that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch or tag is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	feature-branch-1
GITHUB_SHA_SHORT	The shortened commit SHA (8 characters) that triggered the workflow.	ffac537e

Default Environment Variables exposed by GitHub

For a full list of default environment variables exposed by GitHub see https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/using-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/feature-branch-1

Example usage

steps:
  - uses: franzdiebold/github-env-vars-action@v1.1.0
  - name: Print environment variables
    run: |
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
      echo "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME"
      echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME=$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
      echo "GITHUB_SHA_SHORT=$GITHUB_SHA_SHORT"