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Get the Short SHA of a Commit in GitHub Actions

2023-02-24, John Comber

Introduction

This example shows how to get the short GitHub SHA of a commit and set an environment variable in GitHub Actions.

Code

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Get Short GitHub SHA and Save in Environment Variable
        run: echo "SHORT_GITHUB_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Licence

MIT