Use environment variables for version and ref_name (#455)

* Use environment variables for version and ref_name

* Add newsfile

Author: Christian Paul

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           ref: gh-pages
 
       # update the index file
-      - run: node insert-new-version.js ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.current-version }}
+      - env:
+          CURRENT_VERSION: ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.current-version }}
+        run: node insert-new-version.js "${CURRENT_VERSION}"
 
       - name: Commit updated index
         uses: github-actions-x/[email protected]

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Get changelog
         id: extract-changelog
+        env:
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           git fetch --tags --force
-          RELEASE_NAME="${{ github.ref_name }} $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"
-          git tag -l --format='%(contents:body)' ${{ github.ref_name }} > next-changelog.txt
+          RELEASE_NAME="${REF_NAME} $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"
+          git tag -l --format='%(contents:body)' "${REF_NAME}" > next-changelog.txt
           echo "RELEASE_NAME=$RELEASE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Create Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1

changelog.d/455.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use environment variables for version and ref_name in GitHub Actions.