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Persist Data Between Jobs

v1.1

Persist Data Between Jobs

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Persist Data Between Jobs

Allows data to be shared between jobs and accessed via env variables and step output

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Persist Data Between Jobs

              
  uses: nick-fields/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in nick-fields/persist-action-data

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Persist Data Between Jobs

License: MIT

Allows data to be shared between jobs and accessed via env variables and step output

Inputs

data

Optional The data to persist from job

variable

Optional The variable to be used to access data in other jobs

retrieve_variables

Optional Comma delimited list of variables to load into job

Examples

Example storing data

- uses: nick-invision/persist-action-data@v1
  with:
    data: ${{ steps.some-step.output.some-output }}
    variable: SOME_STEP_OUTPUT

Example using data from another job via env variable

- uses: nick-invision/persist-action-data@v1
  with:
    data: ${{ steps.some-step.output.some-output }}
    retrieve_variables: SOME_STEP_OUTPUT, SOME_OTHER_STEP_OUTPUT
- run: echo $SOME_STEP_OUTPUT

Example using data from another job via output

- uses: nick-invision/persist-action-data@v1
  id: global-data
  with:
    data: ${{ steps.some-step.output.some-output }}
    retrieve_variables: SOME_STEP_OUTPUT, SOME_OTHER_STEP_OUTPUT
- run: echo ${{ steps.global-data.outputs.SOME_STEP_OUTPUT }}