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github deployment: is it possible to add command output to the description tag

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cb

06 Apr, 2016 03:48 PM

Hi,
this is a simple question. When doing a deployment to github, can we add some output from a command to the description of the release? If so, how would I do it?
Idea would be to add output of git log --short to the release description.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 06 Apr, 2016 05:18 PM

   

   Yes, you can put description into environment variable and then use it in provider settings, for example:

   deploy:
     provider: GitHub
     description: $(release_description)
     ...
   

   where release_description is environment variable. The only note there is that environment variables can't hold new lines, so they should be replaced with \n, for example:

   set release_description=Line1\nLine2
   

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2. 2 Posted by cb on 08 Apr, 2016 11:26 AM

   

   Thanks, I almost expected such a solution. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work:
   https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-win32-installer/blob/master/appveyor.yml

   And the release is here:
   https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-win32-installer/releases
   Note, there is no output from the git log (Environment variable $(GITLOG) is not shown.

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3. 3 Posted by cb on 08 Apr, 2016 12:35 PM

   

   I think it is working now

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4. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:05 AM.