[FIXED] How do I use an env file with GitHub Actions?

Issue

I have multiple environments (dev, qa, prod) and I'm using .env files to store secrets etc... Now I'm switching to GitHub Actions, and I want to use my .env files and declare them into the env section of the github actions yml.

But from what I've seen so far, it seems that I can not set a file path and I have to manually re-declare all variables.

How should I proceed as best practice?

Solution

a quick solution here could be having a step to manually create the .env file before you need it.

      - name: 'Create env file'
        run: |
          touch .env
          echo API_ENDPOINT="https://xxx.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com" >> .env
          echo API_KEY=${{ secrets.API_KEY }} >> .env
          cat .env

Answered By - sugarcane

Answer Checked By - Terry (PHPFixing Volunteer)