Improved the example of Setting an Environment Var

[espipj]

Why:

Current example is not self explanatory. I needed to browse through GitHub issues till I found actions/starter-workflows#68 (comment) which worked flawlessly.

I think this change will help loads of users of GH Actions as this (not being able to use ::set-env) is a breaking change from around early december. 😃

What's being changed:

Just the example in the docs on how to set and use github env variables.

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[espipj]

I'm happy to help with the Spanish translation of this specific MD file as it seems that it is quite outdated...

[janiceilene]

@espipj Thanks so much for opening a PR! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

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[skedwards88]

I think this is a great addition! I would recommend replacing the snippet in the "Example" section. That way, users can see the syntax before seeing an example.

So lines 281-287 could instead be something like:

Example

{% raw %}

    steps:
    - name: Set the value
      run: |
          echo "action_state=yellow" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    - name: Use the value
      run: |
          echo $action_state

{% endraw %}

What do you think?

[espipj]

Hey @skedwards88 actually that's a good idea, I completely missed the example bit. Changing that now :)

[skedwards88]

Looks good! The original example just needs to be deleted now, then I can get this merged down for you.

[skedwards88]

Just a reminder to delete the example from here now that it is below!

Suggested change

	{% raw %}
	```
	steps:
	- name: Set the value
	id: step_one
	run: |
	echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	- name: Use the value
	id: step_two
	run: |
	echo "${{ env.name }}"
	```
	{% endraw %}
	`echo "{name}={value}" >> $GITHUB_ENV`

[skedwards88]

🚀 LGTM! I'll get this merged down.

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