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Meaning of "global:" in "environment:" of appveyor.yml

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vitaly.krugl.numenta

18 Mar, 2016 12:28 AM

https://www.appveyor.com/docs/appveyor-yml has a commented-out example that uses the section "global:" inside "environment:", but it doesn't explain the significance of having environment variables declared inside this "global:" section versus simply declaring environment variables directly inside "environment:".

For example:

environment:
  my_var1: value1

  global:
    my_var2: value2

What's the difference between my_var1 that's declared under environment and my_var2 that's declared inside global?

Many thanks,
Vitaly

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 18 Mar, 2016 02:52 AM

   

   "global:" is used together with "matrix:" and allows defining variables for all matrix permutations.

   -Feodor

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2. 2 Posted by wtf? on 07 Nov, 2017 12:44 PM

   

   So variables inside `environment:` aren't visible inside matrix jobs?

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3. 3 Posted by Ilya Finkelshte... on 07 Nov, 2017 10:45 PM

   

   Actually you are correct, environment variables from environment and environment/global works the same way with matrix now. But we support this environment/global for historical reasons and also it is considered clearer expression when matrix exist in the configuration.

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4. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:21 AM.