What the developer wrote
Authored by will
ci: add configure environment action
What changed, and why it matters
This commit adds a new reusable GitHub Actions step that sets environment variables for Bitcoin Core's continuous integration (CI) system. It defines build/cache directories and computes cache hashes from source files. There is no user-facing or network-facing change, and nothing in the diff suggests a security vulnerability or fix.
No security action required. Review as normal CI maintenance if desired.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The new composite action .github/actions/configure-environment/action.yml exports GITHUB_ENV variables used by CI: base directories, ccache/depends paths, SHA-256 hashes of depends/ and ci/test/$FILE_ENV plus test/get_previous_releases.py, and a container name sourced from $FILE_ENV. It is purely CI infrastructure refactoring.
Changed components
.github/actions/configure-environment/action.ymlBitcoin Core CI pipelineInspect captured patch +27 / −0
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+name: 'Configure environment'
+description: 'Configure CI, cache and container name environment variables'
+runs:
+ using: 'composite'
+ steps:
+ - name: Set CI and cache directories
+ shell: bash
+ run: |
+ echo "BASE_ROOT_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+ echo "BASE_BUILD_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+ echo "CCACHE_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}/ccache_dir" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+ echo "DEPENDS_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}/depends" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+ echo "BASE_CACHE=${{ runner.temp }}/depends/built" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+ echo "SOURCES_PATH=${{ runner.temp }}/depends/sources" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+ echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}/previous_releases" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+ - name: Set cache hashes
+ shell: bash
+ run: |
+ echo "DEPENDS_HASH=$(git ls-tree HEAD depends "ci/test/$FILE_ENV" | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+ echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH=$(git ls-tree HEAD test/get_previous_releases.py | sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+ - name: Get container name
+ shell: bash
+ run: |
+ source $FILE_ENV
+ echo "CONTAINER_NAME=$CONTAINER_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
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