Actions: Separate Variables and Secrets - Public beta

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Summary

Configuration variables ease the adoption of reusability features in Actions, such as reusable workflows, by providing an easier way to store and share non-sensitive configuration data at either the organization, environment, or repository level.

Intended Outcome

Previously, customers needed to store configuration data as encrypted secrets in order to reuse values in Actions features like reusable workflows. While extremely secure, this method did not allow for easy storage and retrieval of non-sensitive configuration data such as compiler flags, usernames, or server names. An example use case is to set default values for parameters passed to build tools at an organization level, but then allow repository owners to override these parameters on a case-by-case basis.

How will it work?

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[ankneis]

🚢 This has shipped to dotcom: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-10-github-actions-support-for-configuration-variables-in-workflows.

Leaving open to track for GHES release!

[ankneis]

🚢 This shipped with GHES 3.8: https://github.blog/2023-03-07-github-enterprise-server-3-8-is-now-generally-available/