To obtain a build number that commences at 1 for every branch in Github actions, you can follow these steps:
env:
BUILD_ID: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Echo build ID
run: echo "Build ID: $BUILD_ID"
env:
BUILD_ID: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.ref }}
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Extract branch name
id: extract_branch_name
run: |
echo "Current branch: ${BRANCH_NAME}"
BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${BRANCH_NAME#refs/heads/})
echo "::set-output name=branch_name::$BRANCH_NAME"
shell: bash
- name: Set build number
id: set_build_number
env:
BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ steps.extract_branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}-${{ github.run_number }}
run: |
echo "::set-env name=BUILD_NUMBER::${BUILD_NUMBER}"
echo "Build number: ${BUILD_NUMBER}"
$BUILD_NUMBER
environment variable in your workflow to refer to the unique build number for each branch. For example, you can use it to create artifact names or log messages specific to each branch:env:
BUILD_ID: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.ref }}
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Extract branch name
id: extract_branch_name
run: |
echo "Current branch: ${BRANCH_NAME}"
BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${BRANCH_NAME#refs/heads/})
echo "::set-output name=branch_name::$BRANCH_NAME"
shell: bash
- name: Set build number
id: set_build_number
env:
BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ steps.extract_branch_name.outputs.branch_name }}-${{ github.run_number }}
run: |
echo "::set-env name=BUILD_NUMBER::${BUILD_NUMBER}"
echo "Build number: ${BUILD_NUMBER}"
- name: Build and test
run: |
echo "Building branch ${BRANCH_NAME} with build number ${BUILD_NUMBER}"
# build and test code
Asked: 2021-12-04 11:00:00 +0000
Seen: 18 times
Last updated: Jul 21 '21