read_version.yml

name: TEST YAML Data

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  extract-yaml:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      VERSION: 1.0.0
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # https://github.com/mikefarah/yq?tab=readme-ov-file#github-action
      - name: Install yq
        uses: mikefarah/yq@master

      - name: Read YAML and set environment variables
        id: yaml_to_env
        run: |
          # Extract data for version ${{ env.VERSION }} from versions.yml
          version_data=$(yq '.versions[] | select(.version == "${{ env.VERSION }}")' versions.yml)

          # Extract specific fields and store them in environment variables
          echo "version=$(echo "$version_data" | yq '.version')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "label=$(echo "$version_data" | yq '.label')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "description=$(echo "$version_data" | yq '.description')" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Echo extracted variables
        run: |
          echo "Version: ${{ env.version }}"
          echo "Label: ${{ env.label }}"
          echo "Description: ${{ env.description }}"