Read out environment name in github reusable workflow-CodePudding

In our github repository, we have a github action that calls a reusable workflow in an environment.

name: Pull Request Merged

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.ref }}

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]
  
jobs:
  deploy_to_stage:
    if: |
      github.event.pull_request.merged == true && 
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Stage')
    name: Deploy to Stage
    uses: ./.github/workflows/deploy.yml
    with:
      environment: Stage
    secrets: inherit

The reusable workflow is roughly as follows:

name: deploy
on:
  workflow_call:
    secrets:
      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
        required: true
      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
        required: true

jobs:
  deployment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
[...]

How can I access the value of the environment name (here: "Stage") in a step of the reusable workflow?

CodePudding user response：

You could use environment secrets to store the stage name within that deployment environment, then access the environment variable within your script (eg bash script) or as a component of the action ${{ env.DAY_OF_WEEK == 'Monday' }} (ref)

CodePudding user response：

It's not possible to get this value from the workflow context.

A workaround could be adding an environment input in the reusable workflow receiving the value:

name: deploy

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      environment:
        required: true
    secrets:
      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
        required: true
      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
        required: true

Then, you could access the input value from anywhere in the reusable workflow by using ${{ inputs.environment }}.