Approvers as env variable

[djordjevicdjordje]

Is it possible to set approvers to be read from the environment variable?

Its much easier to update the variable than to change the workflow each time I want to add new approver

[erjdev]

You could set the value as an environment variable then access it in the call to this action. This action does not need to support environment variables to accomplish your goal.

# my-workflow.yml
name: 'My Workflow'
#...
env:
  # Hard-coded approvers
  APPROVERS: user1,user2
#...
jobs:
  my-job:
    #...
    steps:
      #...
      - name: Manual Approval
        uses: trstringer/manual-approval@v1
        timeout-minutes: 15
        with:
          approvers: ${{ env.APPROVERS }}
          #...

Alternatively, you could create an environment variable at the repository level to represent this group of approvers and access them without having to set the env in each workflow. See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/variables#defining-configuration-variables-for-multiple-workflows for more information how to use variables and reference them in associated workflows.