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Bev01
Bev01

Reputation: 11

Create .env file in gh action using repo secrets

So I have in github repository secret, a variable prod_env_file where I store my entire .env keys and values into. I am trying to generate a .env in gh actions to pull in the prod_env_file. Here is a example .yml code:

env:
  PROD_ENV_FILE: ${{ secrets.PROD_ENV_FILE }}
steps:
  - name: Configure Env
    run: |
      touch .env
      echo $PROD_ENV_FILE >> .env

However, my entire prod_env_file just goes in as a single liner. Accessing the process.env.FIRST_ENV_VARIABLE ends up containing the entire rest of prod_env_file. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1391

Answers (1)

soltex
soltex

Reputation: 3551

You need to identify how your environment variables are split.

If they are divided by a space, like this:

SECRET1=1 SECRET2=2 SECRET3=3

You can simple replace the spaces with a new line using the tr command:

echo "SECRET1=1 SECRET2=2 SECRET3=3" | tr " " "\n" >> .env

Within your Github Actions workflow would be:

echo $PROD_ENV_FILE | tr " " "\n" >> .env

And that will save the .env file as:

SECRET1=1
SECRET2=2
SECRET3=3

Upvotes: 1

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