Docker and CI/CD · Middle · Question 44 of 75

How does one job pass a value, such as an image tag, to another?

1By writing the value into the repository
✓Correct answer: Through job outputs, read via needs.<job>.outputs
3Through environment variables, which jobs share

Explanation

A step writes to $GITHUB_OUTPUT, the job maps it to an output, and downstream jobs read it. For files, use artifacts.

Further reading

GitHub Docs: Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions ↗

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