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Author: kristianmills

action.yml

@@ -32,21 +32,21 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         {
-          echo "commit_message<<EOF"
-          echo ${{ toJSON(github.event.head_commit.message) }}
-          echo "EOF"
+          printf "commit_message<<EOF"
+          printf ${{ toJSON(github.event.head_commit.message) }}
+          printf "EOF"
         } >> $GITHUB_ENV
         {
-          echo "input_message<<EOF"
-          echo ${{ toJSON(inputs.message) }}
-          echo "EOF"
+          printf "input_message<<EOF"
+          printf ${{ toJSON(inputs.message) }}
+          printf "EOF"
         } >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Set fields
       shell: bash
       if: always()
       id: fields
       run: |
-        echo 
+        echo "Made it here!"
         if [ "${{ inputs.status }}" = "success" ]; then
           echo "emoji=large_green_square" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "color=good" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -61,17 +61,16 @@ runs:
         if [ ! -z "$input_message" ]; then
           message=$input_message
         elif [ ! -z "$commit_message" ]; then
-          # get commit message from `push` trigger
-          commit_message=$(echo "$commit_message" | head -n 1)
-          message="<https://github.com/${{ inputs.repository }}/commit/${{ github.sha }}|$commit_message>"
+          commit_msg_line=$(printf '%s\n' "$commit_message" | head -n 1)
+          message=$(printf '<https://github.com/%s/commit/%s|%s>' "${{ inputs.repository }}" "${{ github.sha }}" "$commit_msg_line")
         elif git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1; then  
-          # get commit message from the current git directory to support `workflow_dispatch` trigger
-          commit_message=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 | head -n 1)
-          message="<https://github.com/${{ inputs.repository }}/commit/${{ github.sha }}|$commit_message>"
+          commit_msg_line=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 | head -n 1)
+          message=$(printf '<https://github.com/%s/commit/%s|%s>' "${{ inputs.repository }}" "${{ github.sha }}" "$commit_msg_line")
         else
-          commit_message="Link to the latest commit in the repository"
-          message="<https://github.com/${{ inputs.repository }}/commit/${{ github.sha }}|$commit_message>"
+          commit_msg_line="Link to the latest commit in the repository"
+          message=$(printf '<https://github.com/%s/commit/%s|%s>' "${{ inputs.repository }}" "${{ github.sha }}" "$commit_msg_line")
         fi
+
         {
           echo "message<<EOF"
           echo "$message"