Re: [PATCH] ci: avoid using the deprecated `set-env` construct

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Junio,

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> >
> > The `set-env` construct was deprecated as of the announcement in
> > https://github.blog/changelog/2020-10-01-github-actions-deprecating-set-env-and-add-path-commands/
> > ...
> > diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
> > index 9d070b9cdf..c74b47de9e 100644
> > --- a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
> > +++ b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yml
> > @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
> >      steps:
> >      - name: Set commit count
> >        shell: bash
> > -      run: echo "::set-env name=COMMIT_DEPTH::$((1+$COMMITS))"
> > +      run: echo "COMMIT_DEPTH=$((1+$COMMITS))" >>$GITHUB_ENV
> >        env:
> >          COMMITS: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
>
> Do we need something similar for ci/print-test-failures.sh to
> prevent failures like https://github.com/git/git/runs/1409815807?
>
> Perhaps like the following (which is copied-and-pasted without
> understanding what is going on or without doing nothing more than
> skimming [*1*])?

Yes, of course, this precisely what we need.

Sorry for not even _thinking_ about `git grep set-env`. This seems the
only remaining use of that construct in our workflows, though.

Thanks,
Dscho

>
>
> Reference
>
> *1* https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-an-environment-variable
>
>
>  ci/print-test-failures.sh | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git c/ci/print-test-failures.sh w/ci/print-test-failures.sh
> index 92a983a265..c70d6cdbf2 100755
> --- c/ci/print-test-failures.sh
> +++ w/ci/print-test-failures.sh
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ do
>  			;;
>  		github-actions)
>  			mkdir -p failed-test-artifacts
> -			echo "::set-env name=FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS::t/failed-test-artifacts"
> +			echo "FAILED_TEST_ARTIFACTS=t/failed-test-artifacts" >>$GITHUB_ENV
>  			cp "${TEST_EXIT%.exit}.out" failed-test-artifacts/
>  			tar czf failed-test-artifacts/"$test_name".trash.tar.gz "$trash_dir"
>  			continue
>
>