Generate dotenv file

This action generates a dotenv file (for use in a GitHub Actions workflow) by running envsubst on a specified template file (e.g., _.env) or multiple template files (e.g., _.env and _.env.production), which must be included in source control.

Inputs

template-paths

A space-delimited list of filepaths of the template files that will be used to generate the dotenv file.

This could be a single filepath (e.g., '_.env' or '.env.template') or multiple filepaths (e.g., '_.env _.env.production').

If multiple paths are specified, the templates will be merged (with duplicate variable keys removed, giving priority to the contents of the right-most paths) to produce the final dotenv file. This can be useful for dynamically overriding a base dotenv template depending on the environment for which the dotenv file is being produced.

output-path

(Optional) The path of the output dotenv file. Default: '.env'

cache

(Optional) Boolean specifying whether to cache the dotenv file. Default: 'true'

key

(Optional) The key used to cache the dotenv file (if caching is not disabled).

If key is not specified, a cache key is computed by concatenating the template paths and the GITHUB_SHA environment variable.

allow-missing-vars

(Optional) Boolean specifying whether to generate the dotenv file even if one or more variables referenced in the template file is missing from the environment. Default: 'false'

Outputs

key

The key used to cache the dotenv file (if caching is not disabled), or null (if caching is disabled).

Example usage

.github/workflows/[workflow].yml

name: Generate dotenv file
on: [push]
jobs:
  generate-dotenv-file:
    name: Generate dotenv file
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      OMITTED_VAR: asdf
      SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: iacobfred/generate-dotenv@v1.0.0
        with:
          template-paths: ".config/_.env"
          output-path: ".env"
        env:
          SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.SECRET_KEY }}
          VAR_TO_BE_RENAMED: ghjkl

.config/_.env

SHA=$SHA
SECRET_KEY=$SECRET_KEY
RENAMED_VAR=$VAR_TO_BE_RENAMED
NONSECRET_IMMUTABLE_VAR=12345

Output: .env

SHA=5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f
SECRET_KEY=Kt4Gn4XRgAMy7EHZPp
RENAMED_VAR=ghjkl
NONSECRET_IMMUTABLE_VAR=12345