Publisher Github Workflow no longer passes down COMMIT_ID

[DSom20]

Release version

v6.0.1.3

Describe the bug

Despite the GH Workflow "Run Publisher" using the "...With-Commit-ID" job instead of the "...Without-Commit-ID" job, the "COMMIT_ID" input value doesn't get passed down to the called "Run Publisher With Environment" worklow.

Presumably was introduced here: https://github.com/Azure/apiops/pull/580/files#diff-7bedf9a275d5f664d80b7b9f3909dce3cacd392fc2265b1aee92c12380ab3d24:~:text=run%3A%20echo%20%22commit_id%3D%24%7BGITHUB_SHA%7D%22%20%3E%3E%20%24GITHUB_ENV.

• "commit_id" is meant to be an output parameter, not an environment variable. So it should it be set to "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" instead of "$GITHUB_ENV".
• Docs:
  • Setting an "environment variable: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-environment-variable
  • Setting an "output parameter": https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-output-parameter
  • GH Discusion about the difference: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/55294

Expected behavior

"COMMIT_ID" should be successfully passed down from the callee workflow run-publisher.yml's "Push-Changes-To-APIM-Dev-With-Commit-ID" job down to the called run-publisher-with-env.yaml workflow.

Actual behavior

"COMMIT_ID" is always empty in the called run-publisher-with-env.yaml workflow.

Reproduction Steps

Run the tools/github_workflows/run-publisher-with-env.yaml workflow in a project using the out-of-the-box "get-commit" job.

Add a log to either the "Push-Changes-To-APIM-Dev-With-Commit-ID" job or the called run-publisher-with-env.yaml workflow to try to see the COMMIT_ID value --> observe it is empty. So only the "...without Commit ID" jobs will ever run in that called workflow.

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[martin2176]

I ran into same issue and had to change it to GITHUB_OUTPUT . With this change it worked as expected.