I'm trying to set a env var in my app tied to ${{RAILWAY_GIT_COMMIT_SHA}} but it doesn't resolve

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

Trying to set a variable to ${{RAILWAYGITCOMMIT_SHA}} but this variable doesn't resolve. My deployment originates from a github trigger

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purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

n/a

brody

EMPLOYEE

2 years ago

that is a dynamic variable that would only be available during runtime, it's not available to be referenced

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

does runtime include build time?

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

meaning accessible during build

brody

EMPLOYEE

2 years ago

nixpacks or Dockerfile?

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

dockerfile

brody

EMPLOYEE

2 years ago

then it would be available during the build as long as you do ARG RAILWAY_GIT_COMMIT_SHA

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

That worked perfectly

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

ARG RAILWAYGITCOMMITSHA ENV RAILWAYGITCOMMITSHA=${RAILWAYGITCOMMIT_SHA}

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

then set another var with it

brody

EMPLOYEE

2 years ago

you don't need that ENV line

brody

EMPLOYEE

2 years ago

you're assigning the same variable to the same variable

purduemike

PROOP

2 years ago

Ah, you are right!