🚀 GitHub Environment Variables Action

A GitHub Action to expose useful environment variables.

Environment Variables exposed by this Action

Environment Variable Name	Description	Example value
CI_REPOSITORY_SLUG	The slug of the owner and repository name (i.e. slug of FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action).	franzdiebold-github-env-vars-action
CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER	The owner of the repository.	FranzDiebold
CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG	The slug of the owner of the repository.	franzdiebold
CI_REPOSITORY_NAME	The name of the repository.	github-env-vars-action
CI_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the name of the repository.	github-env-vars-action
CI_REPOSITORY	The owner and repository name. Copy of GITHUB_REPOSITORY - for reasons of completeness.	FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action
CI_REF_SLUG	The slug of the branch, tag or PR number ref that triggered the workflow (i.e. slug of refs/heads/feat/feature-branch-1). If neither a branch, tag or PR number is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	refs-heads-feat-feature-branch-1 or refs-tags-v1-3-7 or refs-pull-42-merge
CI_ACTION_REF_NAME	The branch or tag name that triggered the workflow. For pull requests it is the head branch name.	feat/feature-branch-1 or v1.3.7
CI_ACTION_REF_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the branch or tag name that triggered the workflow. For pull requests it is the slug of the head branch name.	feat-feature-branch-1 or v1-3-7
CI_REF_NAME	The branch name, tag name or PR number that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch, tag or PR number is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	feat/feature-branch-1 or v1.3.7 or 42/merge
CI_REF_NAME_SLUG	The slug of the branch name, tag name or PR number that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch, tag or PR number is available for the event type, the variable will not exist.	feat-feature-branch-1 or v1-3-7 or 42-merge
CI_REF	The branch, tag or PR number ref that triggered the workflow. If neither a branch, tag or PR number is available for the event type, the variable will not exist. Copy of GITHUB_REF - for reasons of completeness.	refs/heads/feat/feature-branch-1 or refs/tags/v1.3.7 or refs/pull/42/merge
CI_HEAD_REF_SLUG	The slug of the head branch name. Only set for event type pull request or forked repositories.	feat-feature-branch-1
CI_HEAD_REF	Only set for forked repositories / pull request. The branch of the head repository / the head branch name. Copy of GITHUB_HEAD_REF - for reasons of completeness.	feat/feature-branch-1
CI_BASE_REF_SLUG	The slug of the base branch name. Only set for event type pull request or forked repositories.	main
CI_BASE_REF	Only set for forked repositories / pull request. The branch of the base repository / the base branch name. Copy of GITHUB_BASE_REF - for reasons of completeness.	main
CI_SHA_SHORT	The shortened commit SHA (8 characters) that triggered the workflow.	ffac537e
CI_SHA	The commit SHA that triggered the workflow. Copy of GITHUB_SHA - for reasons of completeness.	ffac537e6cbbf934b08745a378932722df287a53
CI_PR_TITLE	The title of the pull request. Only set for pull requests.	Add feature xyz.
CI_PR_DESCRIPTION	The description of the pull request. Only set for pull requests.	The feature xyz is the [...]
CI_ACTOR	The name of the person or app that initiated the workflow. Copy of GITHUB_ACTOR - for reasons of completeness.	octocat
CI_EVENT_NAME	The name of the webhook event that triggered the workflow. Copy of GITHUB_EVENT_NAME - for reasons of completeness.	push or pull_request
CI_RUN_ID	A unique number for each run within a repository. This number does not change if you re-run the workflow run. Copy of GITHUB_RUN_ID - for reasons of completeness.	397746731
CI_RUN_NUMBER	A unique number for each run of a particular workflow in a repository. This number begins at 1 for the workflow's first run, and increments with each new run. This number does not change if you re-run the workflow run. Copy of GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER - for reasons of completeness.	73
CI_WORKFLOW	The name of the workflow. Copy of GITHUB_WORKFLOW - for reasons of completeness.	Demo
CI_ACTION	The unique identifier (id) of the action. Copy of GITHUB_ACTION - for reasons of completeness.	run2

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
GITHUB_EVENT_NAME	The name of the webhook event that triggered the workflow.	push
GITHUB_RUN_ID	A unique number for each run within a repository. This number does not change if you re-run the workflow run.	397746731
GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER	A unique number for each run of a particular workflow in a repository. This number begins at 1 for the workflow's first run, and increments with each new run. This number does not change if you re-run the workflow run.	73
GITHUB_WORKFLOW	The name of the workflow.	Demo
GITHUB_ACTION	The unique identifier (id) of the action.	run2

🚀 Example usage

steps:
  - uses: FranzDiebold/github-env-vars-action@v2
  - name: Print environment variables
    run: |
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY_SLUG=$CI_REPOSITORY_SLUG"
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER=$CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER"
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG=$CI_REPOSITORY_OWNER_SLUG"
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY_NAME=$CI_REPOSITORY_NAME"
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG=$CI_REPOSITORY_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "CI_REPOSITORY=$CI_REPOSITORY"
      echo "CI_REF_SLUG=$CI_REF_SLUG"
      echo "CI_ACTION_REF_NAME=$CI_ACTION_REF_NAME"
      echo "CI_ACTION_REF_NAME_SLUG=$CI_ACTION_REF_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "CI_REF_NAME=$CI_REF_NAME"
      echo "CI_REF_NAME_SLUG=$CI_REF_NAME_SLUG"
      echo "CI_REF=$CI_REF"
      echo "CI_HEAD_REF_SLUG=$CI_HEAD_REF_SLUG"
      echo "CI_HEAD_REF=$CI_HEAD_REF"
      echo "CI_BASE_REF_SLUG=$CI_BASE_REF_SLUG"
      echo "CI_BASE_REF=$CI_BASE_REF"
      echo "CI_SHA_SHORT=$CI_SHA_SHORT"
      echo "CI_SHA=$CI_SHA"
      echo "CI_ACTOR=$CI_ACTOR"
      echo "CI_EVENT_NAME=$CI_EVENT_NAME"
      echo "CI_RUN_ID=$CI_RUN_ID"
      echo "CI_RUN_NUMBER=$CI_RUN_NUMBER"
      echo "CI_WORKFLOW=$CI_WORKFLOW"
      echo "CI_ACTION=$CI_ACTION"

Demo

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