thgbrb/setup-environment

Github Action for read a structured env file and load it to environment vars

Load env files and load values to environment variable

Sometimes a monorepo can be challenging, like handle config files or group configs. The proposal of this action is read an env file and load values to environment variables.

Sections

Sections groups variables. It means an env files can handle keys for more than one application, even it cotains key with same name.

Create env files

An env files is a file in a format of key=value. The action reads this file and load key=values to environment variables.

KEY_NAME=value

[SECTION]
Key.structured:name=value_of_key
VALUE_WITH_SPACES=Dev Lorem Ipsum

Important

Env files must reside in git root folders!

Add setup-environment action to workflow

Once an env file is created, action are ready to use it.

- name: Load release-candidate vars
  id: set_env_release-candidate
  if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/release-candidate'
  uses: ./.github/actions/setup-environment
    with:
      environment-config-file: "setup_qa.env"
      section-name: "API_LOREM_IPSUM"
# In this example, all key from default section and
# grouped into section named API_LOREM_IPSUM will be loaded to environment variables.

For more informations how to use have a look in this repo workflow